fyens

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French fien, from Latin fimum.[1]

Noun

fyens m (plural fyenss)

  1. excrement; filth

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “fimus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 544
  • fiens on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
  • Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “fien”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
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