a. Obs. Also 2 frekel. [? repr. OE. *frǽcel, *frécel, implied in frécelnes dangerousness, frécelsian to endanger.] Dangerous, deceitful.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 21. Ne beo heo [the sin] swa frekel, ne swa heh. Ibid., 25. He bið wið-uten feire and frakel wið-innen.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 204. Þet euerich, efter his stat, boruwe et tisse urakele worlde so lutel so heo euer mei.
a. 1250. The Proverbs of Ælfred, 256, in O. E. Misc., 118.
| And oft mon of fayre | |
| frakele icheoseþ. |
c. 1275. A Luue Ron, 12, ibid., 93. Vikel and frakel and wok and les.
