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well, euerychon! Castell of Perseverance, 153: fare-wel, fayre 
frendys. Castell of Per., 1000: Fare-wel in fere! York Plays, 
x, 227, Abraham: Farewell! my sone, I sall pe yelde. Every- 
man: Now farewell, and there an end! 
Fare fall the, fayre thee befalle. Equivalent in meaning to fare- 
well above. 
Towneley Plays, xii, 189, Pastor: fare fall the! Castell of 
Perseverance, 729: how, Folye, fayre thee befall! Castell of 
Per., 1795: heyl, syr Kynge! fayre pee befalle! (Here the ex- 
pression denotes greeting.) 
2. Angry Dismissal 
avaunt. Meaning begone! be off! From French avant, before, 
forward, which is from Latin ab ante, from before. Originally 
and literally, avaunt means move on! Onward! 
Digby Plays, i, 313, Watkyn: Avaunt, ye skowtys, I defye 
you euery-chone. Mankind, 629: A-vante, knawys! lett me 
go by! 
avoyde. A fifteenth century form of avoid. Anglo-French 
avoider. ‘OF. esvuidier, e-vuidier, to empty out. Hence, to 
banish. 
Mankind, 64: A-voyde, goode brother! 
forth. OE. forth, German fort. Old Teutonic forth from an 
older *frpo, *prto connected with before and further. 
Mankind, 495: Forth! & espye were ye may do harme! 
foule mot the falle, foule myght thou fare. In meaning, the 
exact opposites of farewell and fare fall the, above. 
York Plays, xxx, 385: Miles: Flitte fourthe, foule myght 
pou fare! York, xxxii, 222, Pilate: Foule mot pe falle! 
hens(e). Meaning go away! From ME. hennes, earlier henne, 
hen, an adverb with genitive suffix -es, -s. Original stem is *hi, 
meaning this. Cf. here, used as a call for attention (XVI, 4) 
below. 
Mankind, 380: Hens, thevys! ye haue made many a lesynge. 
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