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English
Etymology
Old French foine, from Latin fuscina ‘trident’.
Pronunciation
IPA: /fɔɪn/
Verb
foin
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archaic to thrust with a sword; to stab at
#:*Late C14: And after þat, wiþ sharpe speres stronge / Þey foynen ech at ooþer wonder longe. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale
#:*1976: These Fastulfrs and
Falsts could drink as well as they could foin or fight, and this has also been the case with me. — Robert Nye, Falstaff
French
Etymology
From an earlier *fein from Latin fenum
Noun
foin
- hay
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