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   This glossary (F-L) can provide a valuable reference for French words in general use during the 15th century.  It also includes words from other European languages as well, such as Latin and Greek, that heavily influenced the French language of the era.  This dictionary may also explore the derivation of certain words or phrases in order to further clarify their meaning.  The French language has undergone many changes over the last 500 years, mostly due to alterations in lifestyles, and improvements in technology.  All this must be taken into account when attempting to translate Old French prophecies like those of Nostradamus.

 

OLD FRENCH DICTIONARY (F-L)

(French - F., Old French - O.F., Latin - L., Greek - G.)

 

Facet - (L., v.i.) to do easily
         note: from Latin "facesso" - to do eagerly

Faillir - (O.F., p.) failing, slipping, sliding, falling, declining

Faim - (O.F., n.f.) intense suffering, hunger, anger, passion, desire

Faire - (F., n.) an act, neccessary action

Fait/Faict - (O.F., n.) fated act, deed, grant

Famine - (O.F., n.) famine

Farouches - (O.F., a.) fierce, ferocious

Faschee - (O.F., n.) fascist

Fascheux - (O.F., a.) grievous

Faulte - (O.F., n.f.) faulted, wanted

Favorable - (O.F., a.) favorable

Femme - (O.F., n.) woman

Fer - (F., n.) iron, steel

Fer/Fera/Feront - (O.F., v.i.) (he, she, it, there) will be, will make, will produce, will create
         note: the French word "faire" - to make or create

Feste - (O.F., n.) festival, celebration

Feu/Feux - (F., a., n.) fire, burning, aflame

Feut - (O.F., a.) stuffed, filled

Fez - (F., n.) Turkey, Turkish coast of Africa

Fils/Filz - (O.F., n.) son, boy

Fin/Finie - (O.F., n.) finish, end

Flambe - (O.F., n.) flame, light

Fleaux - (O.F., n.) disaster, scourge, catastrophe

Fleur/Fleurir - (O.F., n., v.i.) flower, Fleur-de-Lis, bloom, luster

Fleuve - (O.F., n.) river, (fig.) course
         source: Cassell's French Dictionary ISBN# 0-02-522620-7
         note: in 15th century Europe, rivers were the main route or "course" of travel
                  between major cities. Roads were poorly kept and often beset by robbers.

Florence - (O.F., n.) Florence

Foi/Foy - (F., n.) faith

Fondation - (O.F., n.) beginning, ending, wasting away

Force - (O.F., n.) force, forces, troops

Forme - (O.F., n.) shape, form

Fort - (O.F., n.) strength, power

Fortune - (F., n.) fortune, good luck

Fouldres - (O.F., n.) flames, lightning, a thunderbolt, a feared person
         note: from French word "foudre" - lightning

Franco - (O.F., n.) Franco (Spanish dictator)

Fraticider - (O.F., n.) a religious assassin

Fruict - (O. F., a.) fruit, fruitfulness

Frustrez - (O.F., n.) frustration, disappointment

Fuir - (O.F., n.) flight, escape

Fulgures - (L., n., plur.) lightning, flashes, explosions

Fut/Futur - (O.F., n.) future

Garder - (O.F., v.t.) guard against, defend

Garse - (O.F., n.) whore, prostitute

Gaulois/Galois - (O.F., n.) French, the French people

Gaule - (O.F., n.) France

Gens - (O.F., n.) humans, people

Gennes - (O.F., n.) Genoa

Germain/Germanie - (F., n.) German, Germany

Globes - (O.F., n.) globes, cylinders

Glomes - (O.F., n.) tight group, conglomerate

Goulfre - (O.F., n.) gulf

Grand - (F., a.) grand, great

Grandemont - (O.F., a.) very greatly

Grand Armee - (O.F., n.) great army, Napoleon's "Grand Armee" of France

Grans/Grands - (O.F., a.) grand, great, greater, expanded

Gravier - (O.F., n.) sand, gravel

Griphon - (O.F., n.) griffon

Gris - (O.F., n.) grey, raw, cold

Grogne - (O.F., n.) growing disappointment

Guerre - (O.F., n.) war, warlike attack

Guerir - (O.F., v.i.) heal, recover

Hanix - (O.F., n.) a grunting effort

Harange - (O.F., n.) harange, raving

Haute - (O.F., n.) a higher or safer position

Hecatombe - (O.F., n.) slaughter, holocaust

Hemispere - (O.F., n.) hemisphere

Hermes - (O.F., n.) Hermes, god of Hellas (Greece)

Herne - (O.F., n.) a gentile lady
         note: shortened form of "heroine"

Hister - (L., n.) Hitler
         note: Nostradamus' clever wordplay on the name of Adolph Hitler,
                  combining "Hitler" with "Ister," giving both Hitler's name and place
                  of origin. The Latin name for the Danube was "Ister"

Hom/Hommage - (O.F., n.) homage

Hom/Homme - (O.F., n.) man, mankind

Honore - (F., a.) honored

Horreur - (O.F., n.) horror

Horrible - (O.F., a.) horrible

Horrifique - (O.F., a.) terrible, horrific

Hors - (O.F., a.) out of proportion

Hosce/Hos - (L., v.i.) this, these

Hostaige - (O.F., n.) hostage

Hostera - (O.F., v.t. fut.) will take hostage, will capture

Huile - (O.F., n.) oil

Huille - (O.F., a.) stained as if by oil

Humains - (F., n.) human beings, mankind, humanity

Ignorans - (O.F., a.) ignorant

Il/Ils - (O.F., a.) he, they

Immeurs - (O.F., n.) immersion, commitment, an undertaking

Immortel - (O.F., a.) immortal

Incompetant - (O.F., a.) incompetent, immature

Indigne - (O.F., n.a.) indignity, undignified, affront, injury, danger

Ineptos - (O.F., a.) inept

Infernaux - (O.F., a.) infernal

Inique - (L., a.) iniquitous

Inhabitees - (L., a.) inhabited
         note: from Latin "inhabito" - to inhabit

Inobeissant - (O.F., a.) disobedient

Inondation - (F., n.) inundation, deluge

Inscium - (L., a.) ignorant

Invahir - (O.F., n.) an invasion

Ir/Iront - (O.F., v.t.) going angrily, attacking

Isles - (O.F., n.) isles, British Isles

Islu - (O.F., a.) issued

Ismaelites - (O.F., n.) Arabs

Istra - (L., v.i.) venture forth, go forth
         note: similar to O.F. "sortira"

Italie - (O.F., n.) Italy

Jamais - (O.F., p.) never, not ever

Jeune - (F., a.) young

Jeur - (F., n.) day

Joie/Joye - (F., n.) joy

Journaulx - (O.F., n.) journal, record of the past

Juge - (O.F., p.) judged

Juriste - (O.F., n.) judge

Jusque - (O.F., p.) til, untill, unto, even to, up to, etc.

Juste - (O.F., a.) just

La - (O.F., p.f.,) the

Lac - (O.F., n.) lake

Laisse - (O.F., v.i.) to leave, let go of, let loose

Langue - (O.F., n.f.) language, speech, tongue

Lascher - (O.F., v.t.) lash, beat, pound, fire upon

Lasche - (O.F., a.) loose, slack, lowly, cowardly, treacherous

Lasse - (O.F., a.) tired, weary

Laude - (L., n.) laud, praise
         note: from Latin "laudo" - to praise

Le/Les - (O.F., p.m.) the

Legis - (O.F., n.) legislation, law

Legent - (L., v.i.) read
         note: from Latin "lego, legent" - to read, peruse

Lettres - (O.F., n.) letters, decrees

Liberte - (O.F., n.) liberty, freedom

Lict - (O.F., n.) seat, place, bed, a military base or encampment

Lieu/Lieux - (O.F., n.) place, location, lineage, position

Ligue - (O.F., n.) league, line

Liturgie - (F., n.) Liturgy

Loi/loy - (O.F., n.) law, legal authority

L'on - (O.F., v.i. fut.) he will be, it will be, etc.

Londres - (O.F., n.f.) London

Long - (O.F., a.) long

Long-temps - (O.F., a.) long-time, continuous

Longue - (O.F., a.) long, drawn out, incessant

Lors - (O.F., p.) then, whilst

Loup - (O.F., n.m.) wolf

Lui/Luy - (O.F., p.) he, him, the same, his, her, their, etc.

Luna/Lune - (F., n.) Moon

Lunaire - (O.F., n.) those of the Crescent Moon, or Middle East

Lux/Luxe - (O.F., n.) (fig.) the prize, the brass ring, the light

Lyon - (O.F., n.) lion

 

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   The above glossary (F-L) lists specific references to many Old French words that were in general use during the 15th century in France.  Its references may also be found in modern French dictionaries such as the Cassell's French Dictionary (hardcover edition) and other texts such as Randall Cotgrave's 1611 French Dictionary.  The Old French word definitions may often be found under classical "class." or figurative "fig." definitions.   If you can't find the appropriate definition in the French section of the dictionary, try doing a reverse look-up in the English section of the same dictionary.  The 15th century Old French language made heavy use of both Latin and Greek words.  These Latin and Greek word definitions can be verified by researching the appropriate Latin or Greek dictionaries.  These definitions can also sometimes be found in old Bible manuscripts.   The Bible writer Paul of Tarsus wrote in the Greek language.  Some word definitions have survived almost completely intact into modern times, and can be located by simply typing them into an Internet search engine.  If you would like to learn more about the writings of the classical prophets, and how their prophecies may relate to events of the future, please click on the link below and order your copy of Edward Oliver's 350-page book, "Prophets and Frauds."

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