fauz

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Contents

1 Old French
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Descendants

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin falx, falcis.

Noun[edit]

fauz f (oblique plural fauz, nominative singular fauz, nominative plural fauz)

scythe (cutting tool)
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette':
  Qui plus estoit tranchanz que fauz
  That was sharper than a scythe

Descendants[edit]

Middle French: faulx
- French: faux

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