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German
Adjective
feyne
- inflection of feyn:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Middle English
Verb
feyne
- feign
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 351:
‘We shul first feyne us cristendom to take,’ [...]- ‘We shall first pretend to receive Christendom,’