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foin

See also: fóin

English

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Etymology 1

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From Old French foene (“harpoon, fizgig”), from Latin fuscina (“trident”).

Noun

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foin (plural foins)

  1. (archaic) A thrust.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XXI, Chapter iiij, leaf 424r:
      And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere throughoute the body more than a fadom.
      "And there King Arthur smote Sir Mordred under the shield, with a foin of his spear, throughout the body, more than a fathom."
    • 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, Tasso, XII, lv:
      They move their hands, steadfast their feet remain, / Nor blow nor foin they struck or thrust in vain.

Verb

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foin (third-person singular simple present foins, present participle foining, simple past and past participle foined)

  1. (archaic) To thrust with a sword; to stab at.
    Synonyms: jab, run through; see also Thesaurus:stab
  2. (archaic) To prick; to sting.

Etymology 2

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From French fouine (“a marten”).

Noun

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foin (plural foins)

  1. The beech marten (Martes foina, syn. Mustela foina).
  2. A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.
    • 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:
      He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins.

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Bavarian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vallen, from Old High German fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Akin to German fallen, Low German fallen, Dutch vallen, English fall, Danish falde, Dutch falla.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔen/
  • Hyphenation: foin

Verb

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foin (past participle gfoin) (Central Bavarian)

  1. (intransitive) to fall; to drop
  2. (intransitive, military) to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action
  3. (intransitive) to become lower, to decrease, to decline

Conjugation

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Conjugation of foin
infinitive foin
present tense past tense subjunctive
1st person sing. foi - fållad
2nd person sing. foist - fålladst
3rd person sing. foit - fållad
1st person plur. foin - fålladn
2nd person plur. foits - fållats
3rd person plur. foin - fålladn
imperative sing. foi
imperative plur. foits
past participle gfoin

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French foin, from Old French fein, from Latin fēnum, monophthongized variant of Latin faenum (“hay”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-no-, from *dʰeh₁(y)-.

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Noun

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foin m (plural foins)

  1. hay

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier fein, from Latin faenum.

Noun

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foin oblique singular, m (oblique plural foinz, nominative singular foinz, nominative plural foin)

  1. hay
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Descendants

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  • French: foin
  • Norman: fain
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