† faveladj.n.

Forms: Middle English fauvel, fawvelle, Middle English favel(l)e, ( favyll), 1500s favell, Middle English–1500s favel.

Etymology: < Old French fauvel, < fauve fallow-coloured, < Germanic *falwo- : see fallow adj.¹ and n.²The Old French word had all the uses found in English, so that there is no ground for treating sense B. 3 as a distinct word, though it is possible that it may have been associated by some Middle English writers with Old French favele idle talk, cajolery < Latin fābella , diminutive of fābula fable n. The phrase ‘to curry Favel’, Old French estriller, torcher Fauvel, comes from the Roman de Fauvel (1310), the hero of which is a counterpart of Reynard the Fox (see P. Paris, MSS. Bibl. du Roi I. 306); it has been adopted in German as den fahlen hengst streichen. It is not clear whether before the date of this poem a ‘fallow’ horse was proverbial as the symbol of dishonesty; the same notion is found in German, ‘to ride the fallow horse’ (den fahlen hengst reiten—recorded from 15th cent.) having the sense ‘to play an underhand game, act deceitfully’.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Of a horse: = fallow adj.¹ and n.² (The exact colour denoted by the adjective in early use is uncertain.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [adjective] > sorrel, bay, or chestnut

bayc1374

sorea1400

sorrelled1403

sored1420

favel1490

bullace-bay1690

the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > reddish yellow > pale

fallowOE

favel1490

faucha1522

fallow-coloured1567

fulvid1598

fulve1657

fulvous1664

flavid1762

fox-coloured1796

fulvescent1817

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 33 There came rydynge a messager vpon a horse fauell.

B. n.

1. As the proper name of a fallow-coloured horse.

ΚΠ

c1325 Coer de L. 2320 Two stedes found the kyng Richard, That one hight Favel, that other Lyarde.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 175 Siþen at Japhet was slayn fauuelle [printed fanuelle] his stede.

c1375 Morte Arthur 2766 One ffawuelle [printed ffawnelle] of ffryselande to fferaunt he rydys.

2. The fallow horse proverbial as the type of fraud, cunning, or duplicity. Only in phrase to curry favel: see curry v.¹ 5a.

3. Hence used as a mere personification of cunning or duplicity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a personification of

favel1362

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > personified

favel1362

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 6 Boþe Fals and Fauuel and al his hole Menye!

1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 223 O thow, fauele, of lesynges auctour.

c1500 King & Hermit in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 254 Were I oute of my hermyte wede Off þi fauyll I wold not dred.

a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 92 Favell is false forsworne.

1578 W. Hunnis in R. Edwards Paradyse Daynty Deuises (rev. ed.) sig. Iiij O fauell false, thou traitor borne, what mischief more might y^u deuise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	favel
释义	† faveladj.n. Forms: Middle English fauvel, fawvelle, Middle English favel(l)e, ( favyll), 1500s favell, Middle English–1500s favel. Etymology: < Old French fauvel, < fauve fallow-coloured, < Germanic falwo- : see fallow adj.¹ and n.²The Old French word had all the uses found in English, so that there is no ground for treating sense B. 3 as a distinct word, though it is possible that it may have been associated by some Middle English writers with Old French favele* idle talk, cajolery < Latin fābella , diminutive of fābula fable n. The phrase ‘to curry Favel’, Old French estriller, torcher Fauvel, comes from the Roman de Fauvel (1310), the hero of which is a counterpart of Reynard the Fox (see P. Paris, MSS. Bibl. du Roi I. 306); it has been adopted in German as den fahlen hengst streichen. It is not clear whether before the date of this poem a ‘fallow’ horse was proverbial as the symbol of dishonesty; the same notion is found in German, ‘to ride the fallow horse’ (den fahlen hengst reiten—recorded from 15th cent.) having the sense ‘to play an underhand game, act deceitfully’. Obsolete. A. adj. Of a horse: = fallow adj.¹ and n.² (The exact colour denoted by the adjective in early use is uncertain.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [adjective] > sorrel, bay, or chestnut bayc1374 sorea1400 sorrelled1403 sored1420 favel1490 bullace-bay1690 the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > reddish yellow > pale fallowOE favel1490 faucha1522 fallow-coloured1567 fulvid1598 fulve1657 fulvous1664 flavid1762 fox-coloured1796 fulvescent1817 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 33 There came rydynge a messager vpon a horse fauell. B. n. 1. As the proper name of a fallow-coloured horse. ΚΠ c1325 Coer de L. 2320 Two stedes found the kyng Richard, That one hight Favel, that other Lyarde. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 175 Siþen at Japhet was slayn fauuelle [printed fanuelle] his stede. c1375 Morte Arthur 2766 One ffawuelle [printed ffawnelle] of ffryselande to fferaunt he rydys. 2. The fallow horse proverbial as the type of fraud, cunning, or duplicity. Only in phrase to curry favel: see curry v.¹ 5a. 3. Hence used as a mere personification of cunning or duplicity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a personification of favel1362 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > personified favel1362 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 6 Boþe Fals and Fauuel and al his hole Menye! 1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 223 O thow, fauele, of lesynges auctour. c1500 King & Hermit in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 254 Were I oute of my hermyte wede Off þi fauyll I wold not dred. a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 92 Favell is false forsworne. 1578 W. Hunnis in R. Edwards Paradyse Daynty Deuises (rev. ed.) sig. Iiij O fauell false, thou traitor borne, what mischief more might y^u deuise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1325
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