† ˈfauntekin Obs.
Forms: 4 faun-, fawnt(e)kyn(e, 5 fantekyn.
[dim. of faunt: see -kin.]
A little child, an infant.
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 213, I shal dwelle as I do my deuore to shewen, And conformen fauntekynes. 1393 Ibid. C. xi. 182 Fauntekynes and fooles. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 845 He has fretyne..als fele fawntekyns of freeborne childyre! c 1440 Gesta Rom. lxi. 260 (Harl. MS.) Whanne I was a fantekyn, I was fonde in a toune, in a cradyl. |