Old French Dictionary (D-F)

Dama - (O.F. n.) deer
         note: from Old French "dama, daima" - deer

Dame - (O.F. n.f.) lady, a bustling city

Dans - (O.F. p.) in, into, through, within, etc..

Daulphin/Dauffois - (O.F. n.) Dauphine

Daurade - (O.F. a.) (d'aurade, d'orade) golden, of St. Peter

De - (O.F. p.) of, for, to, at, out of, etc..

Debeller - (O.F. v.) conquer, overcome

Dedans - (O.F. p.) in, within

Defaillir - (O.F. n.) weariness, hopelessness, failure, despair

Defection - (O.F. n.) defections

Defension - (O.F. n.) defense, protection

Deffrayeur - (O.F. a.) powerful, awesome, of frightening power
         note: from French "frayeur" - fright

Defouldat - (O.F. p.) treading upon, stamping down

Dela - (O.F. p.) beyond, on the other side of, etc..

Delivrance - (O.F. p.) delivered

Demi-Dieu - (O.F. n.) demi-God

Demouree - (O.F. p.) remaining, abiding, overseeing

Determine - (O.F. a.) determined, resolved, concluded, ended

Des - (O.F. p.) to, of, from, from this, since this, etc..

Deschassee - (O.F. p.) chased out, chased off, chased away

Descouverte - (O.F. v.) discovered, uncovered, revealed

Descrier - (O.F. v.) decry, devalue, call-in, disparage

Descroissance - (O.F. v.) dry up, disappear

Desjoinct - (O.F. a.) broken apart, in pieces

Desloyal - (O.F. a.) disloyal

Desnier - (O.F. p.) denying

Desolation - (O.F. n.) desolation

Despendre - (O.F. v.) expend, waste, squander

Desrobe - (O.F. a.) exposed, vulnerable

Dessarroy - (O.F. n.) disarray

Dessus - (O.F. p.) condemn, pass judgement upon

Destorner - (O.F. a.) altered, twisted, distorted

Detrancher - (O.F. v.) cut off, slice, chop down

Deux - (F. a.) two

Devant - (O.F. p.) before, in advance of, etc..

Devin - (O.F. a.) divine, holy

Diane - (O.F. n.) Diana, Artemis, Freya (Goddess of Friday)

Dieu/Dieux - (O.F. n.) God, god, the gods

Diminue - (O.F. v.) diminish, shrink

Dira/Diront - (O.F. v., fut.) will talk, will say, will speak

Discorde - (O.F. n.) discord, turmoil

Dishonore - (O.F. a.) dishonored, shamed
         note: from French "deshonore" - dishonor

Divin - (O.F. a.) divine

Divorce - (O.F. n.) divorce

Dix - (O.F. a.) ten

Dixhuict - (O.F. a.) eighteen, eighteenth

Dogmion - (O.F. n.) religious dogma

Doit - (O.F. n.) debt

Domestique - (O.F. a.) tame, domesticated

Donra - (O.F. v., fut.) will be shown to be, will occur,

D'or - (O.F. a.) of gold, golden

Dormans - (O.F. a.) sleeping, dormant

Double - (O.F. a.) double, two

Douce - (O.F. a.) good, sweet

Douleur/Doleur - (O. F. n.) sorrow, anguish

Doute/Doubte - (O.F. n.) doubt, confusion

Dresse - (O.F. a.) set right, set up

Droit/Droict - (O.F. n.) jurisdiction, legal domain

Du - (O.F. p.) of, in, etc..

Duc - (O.F. n.) Duke, Dutchy

D'un - (O.F. a.) the one, of one

Duelle - (O.F. n.) duel, dueler

Dur - (O.F. n.) hard, harsh

Durance - (O.F. a.) enduring, lasting
         note: from French "durer" - to endure

Duumverat - (F. n.) a union, combination, coalition,

Eage - (O.F. n.) era, age

Eau/Eaux - (O.F. n.f.) water, good things, gain, booty

Edit/Edict - (O.F. n.) edict, royal edict

Effainct - (O.F. n.) rebuff, opposition, rebuttle, etc.

Effrayeur/Effroy - (O.F. a.) frightening, fearful, awesome

Eglise - (O.F. n.) church, eclesiastic

Egypte - (O.F. n.f.) Egypt

Electeur - (O.F. n.) inheritor, the elect

Election - (O.F. n.) election

Emmenees - (O.F. n., plur.) takings, capturings

Empereur - (O.F. n.) emperor

Empire - (O.F. n.) empire, overbearance, impaired

Emprise - (O.F. n.) enterprise

En - (F. p.) in, on, at, for, etc..

Encontre - (O.F. p.) against, contrary to

Encore - (O.F. p.) even now, still

Enfant - (O.F. n.) baby, infant, child

Enferrez - (O.F. a.) shackled, confined
         source: Randall Cotgrave's 1611 Old French Dictionary

Engaige - (O.F. p.) engaging

Ennemi - (O.F. n.) foe, enemy

Enno-sigee - (L. n.) enormous-promontories, ensigns (standing silent)
         note: prefix "Enno" - large, enormous, "sigee" - promontories
         note: Greek "sigee (sigao)" - standing silent, watching
                   Latin "sigeum" - a promontory
         note: Examples of famous Ennosigee include the Roman God Neptune
                   standing silent watching over sailors at sea, and the modern
                   Statue of Liberty, standing silent watching over New York Harbor         

Ensemble - (O.F. v.) assemble, gather together

Entendre - (O.F. v.) intend

Entiers - (O.F. a.) nursed, nourished, grassed, fed

Entre - (O.F. p.) between, amongst, together, etc..

Entree - (O.F. n.) entry, gate, entrance
         note: from French "entrer" - enter

Envers - (O.F. n.) downfall, overthrow, undoing

Envers - (O.F. n.) Antwerp

Envie - (O.F. n.) envy

Envoyer - (O.F. v.) to send

Eschelle - (O.F. n.) ladder

Esclandre - (O.F. n.) exclamation, clamor, tumult

Escosse - (O.F. n.) Scots, Scotland

Escriture - (O.F. n.) inscription

Escunder - (O.F. a.) asunder, apart

Esleu - (O.F. a.) elected
         source: Randall Cotgrave's 1611 French Dictionary

Esloigne - (O.F. a.) aligned

Esmeuz - (O.F. v.) incite, excite, rise up

Esmotion - (O.F. n) emotion, turmoil, commotion

Esperons - (O.F. v.) to experience, to be affected by, to expect

Espoir - (O.F. v.) hoping, praying, trusting in

Esponge - (O.F. v.) esponge, absorb

Espouse - (O.F. n.) wife, spouse, bride

Espoventable - (O.F. a.) dreadful, terrible, frightful

Esprit - (O.F. n.) spirit, thought, opinion, soul, ghost

Esprouve - (O.F. v.) approved, examined, reviewed

Estade - (O.F. n.) stadia

Estage - (O.F. n.) staging, steps, intervals

Estaint - (O.F. a.) wasted, quenched, experienced

Estat - (O.F. n.) status, condition

Estant - (O.F. v.) being, existing

Estincelle - (O.F. n.) spark, shooting star, burning ember

Esto/Estre - (O.F. v.) is, to be, must be, etc.
         note: from French "est" - (present indicative of) "etre"

Estoc - (O.F. n.) a small sword, blade, knife, dagger

Estoite - (O.F. p.) fated, blessed, starrie, destined for high position

Estomac - (O.F. n.) stomach, vitals, source of sustinance

Estrainct - (O.F. p.) estrained, cut off, extinguished

Estrange - (O.F. a.) estranged, alienated, strange

Estrangiers - (O.F. n. "of strangers") alien, foreign

Estroict - (O.F. a.) straightly, closely, narrowly

Estude - (O.F. n.) study, loft

Et - (O.F. p.) and

Eternite - (O.F. n.) eternity

Europe - (O.F. n.) Europe

Eux - (F. p.) them

Exces - (O.F. n.) excess

Excroissance - (O.F. n.) excrescence, ejecta

Exempt - (O.F. p.) exempt from, without, etc..

Exigue - (O.F. v.) to empty out, escape, leap from

Exploict - (O.F. a.) exploratory

Exploree - (F. p.) searching

NOTE: A lower case "f" might actually be an "s".

Facet - (L. v.) 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, or neccessary action

Faire - (F. v.) to make, to do

Fait/Faict - (O.F. n.) happening through fate, a fated act, deed, grant

Famine - (O.F. n.) famine

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

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

Fascheux - (O.F. a.) grievous

Faulte - (O.F. n.f.) fault, sin, wanting

Faux - (O.F. a.) false

Favorable - (O.F. a.) favorable

Felice - (O.F. n.) happiness, joy, ease, bliss, abundance

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

Fer - (F. n.) steel, iron, steel weapons, sword, metal globe (bomb), steel rifle or pistol

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

Fertile - (O.F. a.) fertile, productive, loyal

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

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

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

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

Fiel - (F. n.) hatred

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

Fille - (O.F. n.) daughter, girl

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

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

Flateurs - (O.F. n. plur.) flatterers

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

Fleur/Fleurir - (O.F. n.) flower, bloom, luster, fleur-de-lis, papacy

Fleur-de-lis - (O.F. n.) crest of 3 lilies, Catholic Church, papacy

Fleuve - (O.F. n.) river, route, 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.f.) Florence

Foi/Foy - (F. n.) an act, act of faith

Fois - (F. n.f.) a time, a turn

Fond - (F. v.) plow

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

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

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

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

Forte - (O.F. a.) strong, powerful

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

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

Franche - (F. p.) to free oneself, quit, break off

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

Frapper - (O.F. v.) strike, attack

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

Frenetique - (O.F. a.) frenetic

Frere - (O.F. n.) brother

Frise - (O.F. n.f.) Holland, Belgium, Flanders

Froit/Froid - (O.F. n.) cold, freezing

Froment - (O.F. n.) wheat, grain

Front - (O.F. n.) forehead, brow

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

Fur/Fureur - (O.F. n.) fury, furor

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

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