Middle English

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foynen (third-person singular simple present foyneth, present participle foynende, foynynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle foyned)

  1. to foin
    • Late 14th century: And after þat, wiþ sharpe speres stronge / Þey foynen ech at ooþer wonder longe. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale