Obs. [a. OF. figier (mod. F. figuier), f. figue FIG sb.1] A fig-tree. Also figer-tree.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 803 (Cott.).
| Þai cled þam þan in þat mister | |
| Wit leues brad bath o figer. |
c. 1300. K. Alis., 5784.
| And founden appel, trowes, and fygeres, | |
| Peryes, cypres, and olyers. |
c. 1320. Sir Tristr., 3082.
| Ful ner þe gat þai abade, | |
| Vnder a figer tre. |
a. 1400. Pistill of Susan, 86. On Firres and fygers þei fongen heore seetes.
1401. Political Poems (Rolls), II. 112.
| Thou shalt also have the curse | |
| that Crist ȝaf to Phariseis, | |
| figured in the figre tree. |
