Obs. Forms: 4 faun-, fawnt(e)kyn(e, 5 fantekyn. [dim. of FAUNT: see -KIN.] A little child, an infant.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XIII. 213.
| I shal dwelle as I do · my deuore to shewen, | |
| And conformen fauntekynes. | |
| Ibid. (1393), C. XI. 182. | |
| Fauntekynes and fooles. |
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 844.
| He has fretyne of folke mo thane fyfe hondrethe, | |
| And als fele fawntekyns of freeborne childyre! |
c. 1440. Gesta Rom., lxi. 260 (Harl. MS.). Whanne I was a fantekyn, I was fonde in a toune, in a cradyl.
