▪ I. † ˈfaken, n. Obs.
Forms: 1 fácen, fácn, 2 facne, 3 Orm. fakenn.
[OE. fácen = OS. fêkn, fêcan, OHG. feichan fraud, ON. feikn portent:—OTeut. *faikno-m.]
Fraud, guile; wickedness, crime.
| c 924 Laws of æthelstan i. §17 He ladiᵹe þa hand mid þe man tyhð þæt he þæt facen mid worhte. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxii. 18 Ða se Hælend hyra facn [c 1160 Hatton, facne] ᵹehyrde, þa cwæð he. c 1200 Ormin 12797 An soþ Issraelisshe mann Þatt niss na fakenn inne. |
▪ II. † ˈfaken, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 fácne, fǽcne, 3 facen, faken, (4 foken), 5 Sc. faikyn.
[OE. fácne (oftener with umlaut fǽcne) = OS. fêkni wicked, ON. feikn awful, monstrous:—OTeut. *faiknjo-, f. *faikno-m: see prec.]
Deceitful, fraudulent.
| c 1000 Ags. Ps. cv[i]. 10 Swa hi alysde lifes ealdor of heora feonda fæcnum handum. a 1200 De Animo & Corpore (ed. Phillips 1838) 8 [Þ]i tunge is ascorted þeo þe facen was. c 1200 Ormin 12655 Þe frosst off fakenn trowwþe. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 194 Saladyn was fulle foken [printed foen, rime-word token], on him may non affie. c 1450 Henryson Fables, Paddok & Mous 58 Fair thingis oftymis ar fundin faikyn. |
Hence † ˈfakenliche adv. Obs., craftily.
| c 1000 ælfric Gen. xxvii. 35 Þin broðor com facenlice and nam þine bletsunᵹa. a 1200 De Animo & Corpore (ed. Phillips 1838) 8 Heo ȝeoððde fakenliche & þen feonde icwemde. |