An archaic or dialect word meaning to bounce, jump, or move restlessly and energetically; to prance or fidget.
From Middle English 'founsen' or 'founce,' possibly related to Old French 'foncer' meaning to rush or plunge. The word appeared in Middle English texts describing animal or human movement.
Medieval writers used 'founce' to describe horses prancing in place before a charge—it's the ancestor of words like 'pounce,' and shows how many old English words for movement have survived in modified forms in modern English.
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