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▪ I. † folt, n. Obs.
Forms: 4 folet, folt, 4–6 folte, 5 folett, 6 foult.
[a. OF. folet, f. fol mad, foolish: see fool n.]
A fool.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 8300 A kaynarde and an olde folte. c1330― Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4527 A folet couþe he wel adaunte. c1440Promp. Parv. 168/2 Folett..stolidus. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. xxxiv, In þe day of pentecost..thei were made neyther foles ne foltis, but..wonder wyse. 1566Drant Horace's Sat. i. i. A iv, The foolishe frantycke foultes.
Hence † ˈfolthead, † ˈfoltry [see -ry], folly.
1399Langl. Rich. Redeles ii. 7 Non..ȝoure name wolde nempne In ffersnesse ne in ffoltheed. c1440Promp. Parv. 169/1 Foltrye, fatuitas, stoliditas.
▪ II. † folt, v. Obs.
[f. folt n.]
intr. To act like a fool. Hence † ˈfolted ppl. a., foolish.
a1300Cursor M. 2239 (Gött.) Þir folis foltid gadrid þaim þan. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5839 Shrewes.. helde hym foltede or wode For he was so mylde of mode. 13..Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxxvii. 605 Þe wikked gost..seide þat he was a folted mon. c1440Promp. Parv. 169/1 Foltyn, or doon as a foole. |