Talk:friskals
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Ioaxxere in topic RFV discussion: December 2022–February 2023
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Nonce word from Ben Jonson. We don't have the special nonce-word provision any more so it needs three citations. I can see one other possible use in GBooks ("...then shall you see what friskals shee will fetch..."), possibly also Jonson; not clear who wrote it. Equinox ◑ 22:32, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
- I've added to the entry. Leasnam (talk) 19:08, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
- This word is rare and subject to unsettled spelling. OED lemmatises it at friscal, and offers various quotations, including one from
{{RQ:Coryat Crudities}}: "His treadings were but friscals of a poppet". - The original spelling in Shelton's translation of Quixote is friskles: see EEBO. The 1923 edition quoted in our entry appears to be an attempt at modernisation (in spelling at least). In light of this I'll take out the "archaic" label.
- Having said all that, I would be content to call this cited. We have three uses in Modern English texts. This, that and the other (talk) 05:01, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
- This word is rare and subject to unsettled spelling. OED lemmatises it at friscal, and offers various quotations, including one from
RFV Passed Ioaxxere (talk) 03:20, 10 February 2023 (UTC)