Ffarsine - random question for vets / scientists / word and plague specialists

[Cocorules]

Went down an internet black hole of looking at random stuff and came across something on wikipedia about many horse deaths from Ffarsine in 1321. I can't find anything beyond that.

Can anyone tell me anything about Ffarsine?

Does anyone know what "sine" means at the end of a word or what "ffar" might mean?

I appreciate this came from Wikipedia so not exactly a reliable source!

 

[Shilasdair]

Could it mean 'farcy'? That's also known as 'glanders' and was, I believe a bacterial disease of horses.

Disclaimer - not a vet, know nothing.

 

[ester]

lol
that is all

 

[ester]

not all, definitely not currently in 'Full text of animal plagues; their history, nature and prevention, see you some time later/tomorrow/ monday

ETA shils wins
A.D. 1330. At Southampton, according to Mr Rogers' re-
searches, ' Ffarsine (farcy) was prevalent among horses in the
A.D. 1321. An exceeding hot and dry summer in England;
springs and rivers failed, beasts and cattle suffered extremely;
many died for want of drink.'

 

[Cocorules]

Thank you Shilasdair that looks right. I found the following:

"Origin of farcy

Middle English farsine from Old French farcin from Medieval Latin farcina (for Late Latin farciminum) from Classical Latin farcimen, a sausage from farcire, to stuff"



From a separate search the ff was just a way of having a capital F in that era.

 

[Shilasdair]

What can I say, I need to get out more!

 

[ester]

what did it do though, other than stuffing sausages?