ne gesacu ōhwǣr,
ecghete ēoweð, _nowhere shows itself strife, sword-hate_, 1739.
ecghete ēoweð, _nowhere shows itself strife, sword-hate_, 1739.
Beowulf
sg.
eodor, 428, 1045; eodur, 664.
eofoð, st. n. , _strength_: acc. pl. eofoðo, 2535. See eafoð.
eofer, st. m. : 1) _boar_, here of the metal boar-image upon the helmet:
nom. sg. eofer īrenheard, 1113. --2) figuratively, _bold hero, brave
fighter_ (O. N. iöfur): nom. pl. þonne . . . eoferas cnysedan, _when the
heroes rushed upon each other_, 1329, where eoferas and fēðan stand in the
same relation to each other as cnysedan and hniton.
eofor-līc, st. n. _boar-image_ (on the helmet): nom. pl. eofor-līc scionon,
303.
eofor-sprēot, st. m. , _boar-spear_: dat. pl. mid eofer-sprēotum
hēoro-hōcyhtum, _with hunting-spears which were provided with sharp hooks_,
1438.
eoguð, ioguð. See geogoð.
eolet, st. m. n. , _sea_(? ): gen. sg. eoletes, 224.
eorclan-stān, st. m. , _precious stone_: acc. pl. -stānas, 1209.
eorð-cyning, st. m. , _king of the land_: gen. sg. eorð-cyninges (Finn),
1156.
eorð-draca, w. m. , _earth-drake, dragon that lives in the earth_: nom. sg.
2713, 2826.
eorðe, w. f. : 1) _earth_ (in contrast with heaven), _world_: acc. sg.
ælmihtiga eorðan worhte, 92; wīde geond eorðan, _far over the earth,
through the wide world_, 266; dat. sg. ofer eorðan, 248, 803; on eorðan,
1823, 2856, 3139; gen. sg. eorðan, 753. --2) _earth, ground_: acc. sg. hē
eorðan gefēoll, _fell to the ground_, 2835; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan
healdan, _let the earth hold the nobles' treasure_, 3168; dat. sg. þæt hit
on eorðan læg, 1533; under eorðan, 2416; gen. sg. wið eorðan fæðm (_in the
bosom of the earth_), 3050.
eorð-reced, st. n. , _hall in the earth, rock-hall_: acc. sg. 2720.
eorð-scræf, st. n. , _earth-cavern, cave_: dat. sg. eorð-[scræfe], 2233;
gen. pl. eorð-scræfe, 3047.
eorð-sele, st. m. , _hall in the earth, cave_: acc. sg. eorð-sele, 2411; dat
sg. of eorðsele, 2516.
eorð-weall, st. m. , _earth-wall_: acc. sg. (Ongenþēow) bēah eft under
eorðweall, _fled again under the earth-wall_ (into his fortified camp),
2958; þā mē wæs . . . sīð ālȳfed inn under eorðweall, _then the way in,
under the earth-wall was opened to me_ (into the dragon's cave), 3091.
eorð-weard, st. m. , _land-property, estate_: acc. sg. 2335.
eorl, st. m. , _noble born man, a man of the high nobility_: nom. sg. 762,
796, 1229, etc. ; acc. sg. eorl, 573, 628, 2696; gen. sg. eorles, 690, 983,
1758, etc. ; acc. pl. eorlas, 2817; dat. pl. eorlum, 770, 1282, 1650, etc. ;
gen. pl. eorla, 248, 357, 369, etc. --Since the king himself is from the
stock of the eorlas, he is also called eorl, 6, 2952.
eorl-gestrēon, st. n. , _wealth of the nobles_: gen. pl. eorl-gestrēona . . .
hardfyrdne dǣl, 2245.
eorl-gewǣde, st. n. , _knightly dress, armor_: dat. pl. -gewǣdum, 1443.
eorlīc (i. e. eorl-līc), adj. , _what it becomes a noble born man to do,
chivalrous_: acc. sg. eorlīc ellen, 638.
eorl-scipe, st. m. , _condition of being noble born, chivalrous nature,
nobility_: acc. sg. eorl-scipe, 1728, 3175; eorl-scipe efnan, _to do
chivalrous deeds_, 2134, 2536, 2623, 3008.
eorl-weorod, st. n. , _followers of nobles_: nom. sg. 2894.
eormen-cyn, st. n. , _very extensive race, mankind_: gen. sg. eormen-cynnes,
1958.
eormen-grund, st. m. , _immensely wide plains, the whole broad earth_: acc.
sg. ofer eormen-grund, 860.
eormen-lāf, st. f. , _enormous legacy_: acc. sg. eormen-lāfe æðelan cynnes
(_the treasures of the dragon's cave_) 2235.
eorre, adj. , _angry, enraged_: gen. sg. eorres, 1448.
eoton, st. m. : 1) _giant_: nom. sg. eoten (Grendel), 762; dat. sg.
uninflected, eoton (Grendel), 669; nom. pl. eotenas, 112. --2) Eotens,
subjects of Finn, the N. Frisians: 1073, 1089, 1142; dat. pl. 1146. See
List of Names, p. 114.
eotonisc, adj. , _gigantic, coming from giants_: acc. sg. eald sweord
eotenisc (eotonisc), 1559, 2980, (etonisc, MS. ) 2617.
ĒO
ēored-geatwe, st. f. pl. , _warlike adornments_: acc. pl. , 2867.
ēowan, w. v. , _to show, to be seen_: pres. sg. III.
ne gesacu ōhwǣr,
ecghete ēoweð, _nowhere shows itself strife, sword-hate_, 1739. See ēawan,
ȳwan.
ēower: 1) gen. pl. pers. pron. , vestrum: ēower sum, _that one of you_
(namely, Bēowulf), 248; fǣhðe ēower lēode, _the enmity of the people of
you_ (of your people), 597; nis þæt ēower sīð . . . nefne mīn ānes, 2533. --2)
poss. pron. , _your_, 251, 257, 294, etc.
F
ge-fandian, -fondian, w. v. , _to try, to search for, to find out, to
experience_: w. gen. pret. part. þæt hæfde gumena sum goldes gefandod,
_that a man had discovered the gold_, 2302; þonne se ān hafað þurh deāðes
nȳd dǣda gefondad, _now the one_ (Herebeald) _has with death's pang
experienced the deeds_ (the unhappy bow-shot of Hæðcyn), 2455.
fara, w. m. , _farer, traveller_: in comp. mere-fara.
faran, st. v. , _to move from one place to another, to go, to wander_: inf.
tō hām faran, _to go home_, 124; lēton on geflīt faran fealwe mēaras, _let
the fallow horses go in emulation_, 865; cwōm faran flotherge on Frēsna
land, _had come to Friesland with a fleet_, 2916; cōm lēoda dugoðe on lāst
faran, _came to go upon the track of the heroes of his people_, i. e. to
follow them, 2946; gerund wǣron æðelingas eft tō lēodum fūse tō farenne,
_the nobles were ready to go again to their people_, 1806; pret. sg. gegnum
fōr [þā] ofer myrcan mōr, _there had_ (Grendel's mother) _gone away over
the dark fen_, 1405; sǣgenga fōr, _the seafarer_ (the ship) _drove along_,
1909; (wyrm) mid bǣle fōr, (the dragon) _fled away with fire_, 2309; pret.
pl. þæt . . . scawan scīrhame tō scipe fōron, _that the visitors in
glittering attire betook themselves to the ship_, 1896.
gefaran, _to proceed, to act_: inf. hū se mānsceaða under fǣrgripum gefaran
wolde, _how he would act in his sudden attacks_, 739.
ūt faran, _to go out_: w. acc. lēt of brēostum . . . word ūt faran, _let
words go out of his breast, uttered words_, 2552.
faroð, st. m. , _stream, flood of the sea, shore, strand, edge_: dat. sg. tō
brimes faroðe, 28; æfter faroðe, _with the stream_, 580; æt faroðe, 1917.
faru, st. f. , _way, passage, expedition_: in comp. ād-faru.
fācen-stæf (elementum nequitiae), st. m. , _wickedness, treachery, deceit_.
acc. pl. fācen-stafas, 1019.
fāh, fāg, adj. , _many-colored, variegated, of varying color_ (especially
said of the color of gold, of bronze, and of blood, in which the beams of
light are refracted): nom. sg. fāh (_covered with blood_), 420; blōde fāh,
935; ātertānum fāh (sc. īren) [This is the MS reading; emmended to
ātertēarum in text--KTH], 1460; sadol searwum fāh (_saddle artistically
ornamented with gold_), 1039; sweord swāte fāh, 1287; brim blōde fāh, 1595;
wældrēore fāg, 1632; (draca) fȳrwylmum fāh (_because he spewed flame_),
2672; sweord fāh and fǣted, 2702; blōde fāh, 2975; acc. sg. drēore fāhne,
447; goldsele fǣttum fāhne, 717; on fāgne flōr treddode, _trod the shining
floor_ (of Heorot), 726; hrōf golde fāhne, _the roof shining with gold_,
928; nom. pl. eoforlīc . . . fāh and fȳr-beard, 305; acc. pl. þā hilt since
fāge, 1616; dat. pl. fāgum sweordum, 586. --Comp. bān-, blōd-, brūn-,
drēor-, gold-, gryre-, searo-, sinc-, stān-, swāt-, wæl-, wyrm-fāh.
fāh, fāg, fā, adj. : 1) _hostile_: nom. sg. fāh fēond-scaða, 554; hē wæs fāg
wið god (Grendel), 812; acc. sg. fāne (_the dragon_), 2656; gen. pl. fāra,
578, 1464. --2) _liable to pursuit, without peace, outlawed_: nom. sg. fāg,
1264; māne fāh, _outlawed through crime_, 979; fyren-dǣdum fāg,
1002. --Comp. nearo-fāh.
fāmig-heals, adj. , _with foaming neck_: nom. sg. flota fāmig-heals, 218;
(sǣgenga) fāmig-heals, 1910.
fæc, st. n. , _period of time_: acc. sg. lȳtel fæc, _during a short time_,
2241.
fæder, st. m. , _father_: nom. sg. fæder, 55, 262, 459, 2609; of God, 1610;
fæder alwalda, 316; acc. sg. fæder, 1356; dat. sg. fæder, 2430; gen. sg.
fæder, 21, 1480; of God, 188--Comp. : ǣr, eald-fæder.
fædera, w. m. , _father's brother_ in comp. suhter-gefæderan.
fæder-æðelo, st. n. pl. , _paternus principatus_ (? ): dat. pl. fæder-æðelum,
912.
fæderen-mǣg, st. m. , _kinsman descended from the same father,
co-descendant_: dat. sg. fæderen-mǣge, 1264.
fæðm, st. m. : 1) _the outspread, encircling arms_: instr. pl. fēondes
fæð[mum], 2129. --2) _embrace, encircling_: nom. sg. līges fæðm, 782; acc.
sg. in fȳres fæðm, 185. --3) _bosom, lap_: acc. sg. on foldan fæðm, 1394;
wið eorðan fæðm, 3050; dat. pl. tō fæder (God's) fæðmum, 188. --4) _power,
property_: acc. in Francna fæðm, 1211. --Cf. sīd-fæðmed, sīð-fæðme.
fæðmian, w. v. , _to embrace, to take up into itself_: pres. subj. þæt minne
līchaman . . . glēd fæðmie, 2653; inf. lēton flōd fæðmian frætwa hyrde, 3134.
ge-fæg, adj. , _agreeable, desirable_ (Old Eng. , fawe, _willingly_): comp.
ge-fægra, 916.
fægen, adj. , _glad, joyous_: nom. pl. ferhðum fægne, _the glad at heart_,
1634.
fæger, fǣger, adj. , _beautiful, lovely_: nom. sg. fǣger fold-bold, 774;
fæger foldan bearm, 1138; acc. sg. freoðoburh fægere, 522; nom. pl. þǣr him
fold-wegas fægere þūhton, 867. --Comp. un-fǣger.
fægere, fægre, adv. , _beautifully, well, becomingly, according to
etiquette_: fægere geþǣgon medoful manig, 1015; þā wæs flet-sittendum
fægere gereorded, _becomingly the repast was served_, 1789; Higelāc ongan
. . . fægre fricgean, 1986; similarly, 2990.
fær, st. n. , _craft, ship_: nom. sg. , 33.
fæst, adj. , _bound, fast_: nom. sg. bið se slǣp tō fæst, 1743; acc. sg.
frēondscipe fæstne, 2070; fæste frioðuwǣre, 1097. --The prep. on stands to
denote the where or wherein: wæs tō fæst on þām (sc. on fǣhðe and fyrene),
137; on ancre fæst, 303. Or, oftener, the dative: fēond-grāpum fæst,
_(held) fast in his antagonist's clutch_, 637; fȳrbendum fæst, _fast in
the forged hinges_, 723; handa fæst, 1291, etc. ; hygebendum fæst (beorn him
langað), _fast (shut) in the bonds of his bosom, the man longs for_ (i. e.
in secret), 1879. --Comp: ār-, blǣd-, gin-, sōð-, tīr-, wīs-fæst.
fæste, adv. , _fæst_ 554, 761, 774, 789, 1296. --Comp.
eofoð, st. n. , _strength_: acc. pl. eofoðo, 2535. See eafoð.
eofer, st. m. : 1) _boar_, here of the metal boar-image upon the helmet:
nom. sg. eofer īrenheard, 1113. --2) figuratively, _bold hero, brave
fighter_ (O. N. iöfur): nom. pl. þonne . . . eoferas cnysedan, _when the
heroes rushed upon each other_, 1329, where eoferas and fēðan stand in the
same relation to each other as cnysedan and hniton.
eofor-līc, st. n. _boar-image_ (on the helmet): nom. pl. eofor-līc scionon,
303.
eofor-sprēot, st. m. , _boar-spear_: dat. pl. mid eofer-sprēotum
hēoro-hōcyhtum, _with hunting-spears which were provided with sharp hooks_,
1438.
eoguð, ioguð. See geogoð.
eolet, st. m. n. , _sea_(? ): gen. sg. eoletes, 224.
eorclan-stān, st. m. , _precious stone_: acc. pl. -stānas, 1209.
eorð-cyning, st. m. , _king of the land_: gen. sg. eorð-cyninges (Finn),
1156.
eorð-draca, w. m. , _earth-drake, dragon that lives in the earth_: nom. sg.
2713, 2826.
eorðe, w. f. : 1) _earth_ (in contrast with heaven), _world_: acc. sg.
ælmihtiga eorðan worhte, 92; wīde geond eorðan, _far over the earth,
through the wide world_, 266; dat. sg. ofer eorðan, 248, 803; on eorðan,
1823, 2856, 3139; gen. sg. eorðan, 753. --2) _earth, ground_: acc. sg. hē
eorðan gefēoll, _fell to the ground_, 2835; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan
healdan, _let the earth hold the nobles' treasure_, 3168; dat. sg. þæt hit
on eorðan læg, 1533; under eorðan, 2416; gen. sg. wið eorðan fæðm (_in the
bosom of the earth_), 3050.
eorð-reced, st. n. , _hall in the earth, rock-hall_: acc. sg. 2720.
eorð-scræf, st. n. , _earth-cavern, cave_: dat. sg. eorð-[scræfe], 2233;
gen. pl. eorð-scræfe, 3047.
eorð-sele, st. m. , _hall in the earth, cave_: acc. sg. eorð-sele, 2411; dat
sg. of eorðsele, 2516.
eorð-weall, st. m. , _earth-wall_: acc. sg. (Ongenþēow) bēah eft under
eorðweall, _fled again under the earth-wall_ (into his fortified camp),
2958; þā mē wæs . . . sīð ālȳfed inn under eorðweall, _then the way in,
under the earth-wall was opened to me_ (into the dragon's cave), 3091.
eorð-weard, st. m. , _land-property, estate_: acc. sg. 2335.
eorl, st. m. , _noble born man, a man of the high nobility_: nom. sg. 762,
796, 1229, etc. ; acc. sg. eorl, 573, 628, 2696; gen. sg. eorles, 690, 983,
1758, etc. ; acc. pl. eorlas, 2817; dat. pl. eorlum, 770, 1282, 1650, etc. ;
gen. pl. eorla, 248, 357, 369, etc. --Since the king himself is from the
stock of the eorlas, he is also called eorl, 6, 2952.
eorl-gestrēon, st. n. , _wealth of the nobles_: gen. pl. eorl-gestrēona . . .
hardfyrdne dǣl, 2245.
eorl-gewǣde, st. n. , _knightly dress, armor_: dat. pl. -gewǣdum, 1443.
eorlīc (i. e. eorl-līc), adj. , _what it becomes a noble born man to do,
chivalrous_: acc. sg. eorlīc ellen, 638.
eorl-scipe, st. m. , _condition of being noble born, chivalrous nature,
nobility_: acc. sg. eorl-scipe, 1728, 3175; eorl-scipe efnan, _to do
chivalrous deeds_, 2134, 2536, 2623, 3008.
eorl-weorod, st. n. , _followers of nobles_: nom. sg. 2894.
eormen-cyn, st. n. , _very extensive race, mankind_: gen. sg. eormen-cynnes,
1958.
eormen-grund, st. m. , _immensely wide plains, the whole broad earth_: acc.
sg. ofer eormen-grund, 860.
eormen-lāf, st. f. , _enormous legacy_: acc. sg. eormen-lāfe æðelan cynnes
(_the treasures of the dragon's cave_) 2235.
eorre, adj. , _angry, enraged_: gen. sg. eorres, 1448.
eoton, st. m. : 1) _giant_: nom. sg. eoten (Grendel), 762; dat. sg.
uninflected, eoton (Grendel), 669; nom. pl. eotenas, 112. --2) Eotens,
subjects of Finn, the N. Frisians: 1073, 1089, 1142; dat. pl. 1146. See
List of Names, p. 114.
eotonisc, adj. , _gigantic, coming from giants_: acc. sg. eald sweord
eotenisc (eotonisc), 1559, 2980, (etonisc, MS. ) 2617.
ĒO
ēored-geatwe, st. f. pl. , _warlike adornments_: acc. pl. , 2867.
ēowan, w. v. , _to show, to be seen_: pres. sg. III.
ne gesacu ōhwǣr,
ecghete ēoweð, _nowhere shows itself strife, sword-hate_, 1739. See ēawan,
ȳwan.
ēower: 1) gen. pl. pers. pron. , vestrum: ēower sum, _that one of you_
(namely, Bēowulf), 248; fǣhðe ēower lēode, _the enmity of the people of
you_ (of your people), 597; nis þæt ēower sīð . . . nefne mīn ānes, 2533. --2)
poss. pron. , _your_, 251, 257, 294, etc.
F
ge-fandian, -fondian, w. v. , _to try, to search for, to find out, to
experience_: w. gen. pret. part. þæt hæfde gumena sum goldes gefandod,
_that a man had discovered the gold_, 2302; þonne se ān hafað þurh deāðes
nȳd dǣda gefondad, _now the one_ (Herebeald) _has with death's pang
experienced the deeds_ (the unhappy bow-shot of Hæðcyn), 2455.
fara, w. m. , _farer, traveller_: in comp. mere-fara.
faran, st. v. , _to move from one place to another, to go, to wander_: inf.
tō hām faran, _to go home_, 124; lēton on geflīt faran fealwe mēaras, _let
the fallow horses go in emulation_, 865; cwōm faran flotherge on Frēsna
land, _had come to Friesland with a fleet_, 2916; cōm lēoda dugoðe on lāst
faran, _came to go upon the track of the heroes of his people_, i. e. to
follow them, 2946; gerund wǣron æðelingas eft tō lēodum fūse tō farenne,
_the nobles were ready to go again to their people_, 1806; pret. sg. gegnum
fōr [þā] ofer myrcan mōr, _there had_ (Grendel's mother) _gone away over
the dark fen_, 1405; sǣgenga fōr, _the seafarer_ (the ship) _drove along_,
1909; (wyrm) mid bǣle fōr, (the dragon) _fled away with fire_, 2309; pret.
pl. þæt . . . scawan scīrhame tō scipe fōron, _that the visitors in
glittering attire betook themselves to the ship_, 1896.
gefaran, _to proceed, to act_: inf. hū se mānsceaða under fǣrgripum gefaran
wolde, _how he would act in his sudden attacks_, 739.
ūt faran, _to go out_: w. acc. lēt of brēostum . . . word ūt faran, _let
words go out of his breast, uttered words_, 2552.
faroð, st. m. , _stream, flood of the sea, shore, strand, edge_: dat. sg. tō
brimes faroðe, 28; æfter faroðe, _with the stream_, 580; æt faroðe, 1917.
faru, st. f. , _way, passage, expedition_: in comp. ād-faru.
fācen-stæf (elementum nequitiae), st. m. , _wickedness, treachery, deceit_.
acc. pl. fācen-stafas, 1019.
fāh, fāg, adj. , _many-colored, variegated, of varying color_ (especially
said of the color of gold, of bronze, and of blood, in which the beams of
light are refracted): nom. sg. fāh (_covered with blood_), 420; blōde fāh,
935; ātertānum fāh (sc. īren) [This is the MS reading; emmended to
ātertēarum in text--KTH], 1460; sadol searwum fāh (_saddle artistically
ornamented with gold_), 1039; sweord swāte fāh, 1287; brim blōde fāh, 1595;
wældrēore fāg, 1632; (draca) fȳrwylmum fāh (_because he spewed flame_),
2672; sweord fāh and fǣted, 2702; blōde fāh, 2975; acc. sg. drēore fāhne,
447; goldsele fǣttum fāhne, 717; on fāgne flōr treddode, _trod the shining
floor_ (of Heorot), 726; hrōf golde fāhne, _the roof shining with gold_,
928; nom. pl. eoforlīc . . . fāh and fȳr-beard, 305; acc. pl. þā hilt since
fāge, 1616; dat. pl. fāgum sweordum, 586. --Comp. bān-, blōd-, brūn-,
drēor-, gold-, gryre-, searo-, sinc-, stān-, swāt-, wæl-, wyrm-fāh.
fāh, fāg, fā, adj. : 1) _hostile_: nom. sg. fāh fēond-scaða, 554; hē wæs fāg
wið god (Grendel), 812; acc. sg. fāne (_the dragon_), 2656; gen. pl. fāra,
578, 1464. --2) _liable to pursuit, without peace, outlawed_: nom. sg. fāg,
1264; māne fāh, _outlawed through crime_, 979; fyren-dǣdum fāg,
1002. --Comp. nearo-fāh.
fāmig-heals, adj. , _with foaming neck_: nom. sg. flota fāmig-heals, 218;
(sǣgenga) fāmig-heals, 1910.
fæc, st. n. , _period of time_: acc. sg. lȳtel fæc, _during a short time_,
2241.
fæder, st. m. , _father_: nom. sg. fæder, 55, 262, 459, 2609; of God, 1610;
fæder alwalda, 316; acc. sg. fæder, 1356; dat. sg. fæder, 2430; gen. sg.
fæder, 21, 1480; of God, 188--Comp. : ǣr, eald-fæder.
fædera, w. m. , _father's brother_ in comp. suhter-gefæderan.
fæder-æðelo, st. n. pl. , _paternus principatus_ (? ): dat. pl. fæder-æðelum,
912.
fæderen-mǣg, st. m. , _kinsman descended from the same father,
co-descendant_: dat. sg. fæderen-mǣge, 1264.
fæðm, st. m. : 1) _the outspread, encircling arms_: instr. pl. fēondes
fæð[mum], 2129. --2) _embrace, encircling_: nom. sg. līges fæðm, 782; acc.
sg. in fȳres fæðm, 185. --3) _bosom, lap_: acc. sg. on foldan fæðm, 1394;
wið eorðan fæðm, 3050; dat. pl. tō fæder (God's) fæðmum, 188. --4) _power,
property_: acc. in Francna fæðm, 1211. --Cf. sīd-fæðmed, sīð-fæðme.
fæðmian, w. v. , _to embrace, to take up into itself_: pres. subj. þæt minne
līchaman . . . glēd fæðmie, 2653; inf. lēton flōd fæðmian frætwa hyrde, 3134.
ge-fæg, adj. , _agreeable, desirable_ (Old Eng. , fawe, _willingly_): comp.
ge-fægra, 916.
fægen, adj. , _glad, joyous_: nom. pl. ferhðum fægne, _the glad at heart_,
1634.
fæger, fǣger, adj. , _beautiful, lovely_: nom. sg. fǣger fold-bold, 774;
fæger foldan bearm, 1138; acc. sg. freoðoburh fægere, 522; nom. pl. þǣr him
fold-wegas fægere þūhton, 867. --Comp. un-fǣger.
fægere, fægre, adv. , _beautifully, well, becomingly, according to
etiquette_: fægere geþǣgon medoful manig, 1015; þā wæs flet-sittendum
fægere gereorded, _becomingly the repast was served_, 1789; Higelāc ongan
. . . fægre fricgean, 1986; similarly, 2990.
fær, st. n. , _craft, ship_: nom. sg. , 33.
fæst, adj. , _bound, fast_: nom. sg. bið se slǣp tō fæst, 1743; acc. sg.
frēondscipe fæstne, 2070; fæste frioðuwǣre, 1097. --The prep. on stands to
denote the where or wherein: wæs tō fæst on þām (sc. on fǣhðe and fyrene),
137; on ancre fæst, 303. Or, oftener, the dative: fēond-grāpum fæst,
_(held) fast in his antagonist's clutch_, 637; fȳrbendum fæst, _fast in
the forged hinges_, 723; handa fæst, 1291, etc. ; hygebendum fæst (beorn him
langað), _fast (shut) in the bonds of his bosom, the man longs for_ (i. e.
in secret), 1879. --Comp: ār-, blǣd-, gin-, sōð-, tīr-, wīs-fæst.
fæste, adv. , _fæst_ 554, 761, 774, 789, 1296. --Comp.
