1506. Ord. Chr. Men (W. de Worde), I. iii. 33. I the commande
acursed spyryte fedynge [spiritus immunde] that thou go thy wayes.
1551. Grays N. Y. Gift, in Furnivall, Ball. fr. MSS., I. 419. They clerelye deface vs with theire popishe fedynges [rime-wd. proceedynges].