favel
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French favele, from Latin fabella (“short fable”), diminutive of fabula. See fable.
Noun edit
favel
Etymology 2 edit
Old French fauvel, favel, diminutive of Old French fauve; of German oigin. See fallow (adjective).
Adjective edit
favel (comparative more favel, superlative most favel)
- yellow or dun in colour
- c. 1489, William Caxton, Four Sons of Aymon:
- There came rydynge a messager vpon a horse fauell.
Noun edit
favel (plural favels)
- A horse of a favel or dun colour.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “favel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French favel. Uses after the 14th century are based on William Langland's The vision of Piers Plowman.
Noun edit
favel (uncountable)
References edit
- “fāvē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.