fauz
Old French
Etymology
From Latin falx, falcis.
Noun
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
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Descendants
- Middle French: faulx
- French: faux