fnese

Middle English

Verb

fnese

  1. Alternative form of snesen
    • c. 1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Maunciples Tale:
      For, were it wyn, or old or moysty ale, / That he hath dronke, he speketh in his nose, / And fneseth faste, and eek he hath the pose.
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