Talk:friskals

RFV discussion: December 2022–February 2023
Nonce word from Ben Jonson. We don't have the special nonce-word provision any more so it needs three citations. I can see one other possible use in GBooks ("...then shall you see what friskals shee will fetch..."), possibly also Jonson; not clear who wrote it. Equinox ◑ 22:32, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I've added to the entry. Leasnam (talk) 19:08, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * This word is rare and subject to unsettled spelling. OED lemmatises it at, and offers various quotations, including one from RQ:Coryat Crudities: "His treadings were but friscals of a poppet".
 * The original spelling in Shelton's translation of Quixote is : see EEBO. The 1923 edition quoted in our entry appears to be an attempt at modernisation (in spelling at least). In light of this I'll take out the "archaic" label.
 * Having said all that, I would be content to call this cited. We have three uses in Modern English texts. This, that and the other (talk) 05:01, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

RFV Passed Ioaxxere (talk) 03:20, 10 February 2023 (UTC)