farse

English edit

farse (plural farses)

farse (third-person singular simple present farses, present participle farsing, simple past and past participle farsed)

(transitive) To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).
- 2010, Frank C. Senn, The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy, page 138:
  There is also evidence of glossing (or farsing) the texts of the Epistles read in the masses of the Christmas Octave.

^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Farse (fāɹs), sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 79, column 3: “A mod. adaptation of med.L. farsa (see Farce sb.)”
^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Farse (fāɹs), v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 79, column 3: “ad. OF farsir, in pa. pple. latinized as farcitus: see Farce sb.”