a. Obs. rare. [? altered form of foken, FAKEN; or perh. miswritten for fekel, FICKLE.] Treacherous. (In quots. absol. and quasi-adv.)

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a. 1275.  The Proverbs of Ælfred, 254, in O. E. Misc., 119.

            Ofte mon on faire
fokel chesed.
    Ibid., 348, in O. E. Misc., 123.
Seiet him faire bi-foren,
fokel at henden.

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