"fauntekyn" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfau̯nt(ə)kin/, /ˈfant(ə)kin/ Forms: fauntekynes [plural], fauntkyn [alternative], fawntkyn [alternative, Northern], fantekyn [alternative, Southern]
Etymology: From faunt (“baby, infant”) + -ekyn (diminutive suffix). First attested in c. 1390. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|faunt|-kyn<alt:-ekyn>|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=baby, infant}} faunt (“baby, infant”) + -ekyn (diminutive suffix), {{etydate|c|1390}} First attested in c. 1390 Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} fauntekyn, {{enm-noun|fauntekynes}} fauntekyn (plural fauntekynes)
  1. A young child; a baby or toddler.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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