Denigea lēode, _too much of the race of the Danes_, 695;
uncūðes
fela,
877; fela lāðes, 930; fela lēofes and lāðes, 1061.
877; fela lāðes, 930; fela lēofes and lāðes, 1061.
Beowulf
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. fæstor, 143.
be-fæstan, w. v. , _to give over_: inf. hēt Hildeburh hire selfre sunu
sweoloðe befæstan, _to give over to the flames her own son_, 1116.
fæsten, st. n. , _fortified place, or place difficult of access_: acc. sg.
lēoda fæsten, _the fastness of the Gēatas_ (with ref. to 2327, 2334; fæsten
(Ongenþēow's castle or fort), 2951; fæsten (Grendel's house in the
fen-sea), 104.
fæst-rǣd, adj. , _firmly resolved_: acc. sg. fæst-rǣdne geþōht, _firm
determination_, 611.
fæt, st. m. , _way, journey_: in comp. sīð-fæt.
fæt, st. n. , _vessel; vase, cup_: acc. pl. fyrn-manna fatu, _the
(drinking-) vessels of men of old times_, 2762. --Comp. : bān-, drync-,
māððum-, sinc-, wundor-fæt.
fǣge, adj. : 1) _forfeited to death, allotted to death by fate_: nom. sg.
fǣge, 1756, 2142, 2976; fǣge and ge-flȳmed, 847; fūs and fǣge, 1242; acc.
sg. fǣgne flǣsc-homan, 1569; dat. sg. fǣgum, 2078; gen. sg. fǣges,
1528. --2) _dead_: dat. pl. ofer fǣgum (_over the warriors fallen in the
battle_), 3026. --Comp. : dēað-, un-fǣge.
fǣhð (_state of hostility_, see fāh), st. f. , _hostile act, feud, battle_:
nom. sg. fǣhð, 2404, 3062; acc. sg. fǣhðe, 153, 459, 470, 596, 1334, etc. ;
also of the unhappy bowshot of the Hrēðling, Hæðcyn, by which he killed his
brother, 2466; dat. sg. fore fǣhðe and fyrene, 137; nalas for fǣhðe mearn
(_did not recoil from the combat_), 1538; gen. sg, ne gefeah hē þǣre fǣhðe,
109; gen. pl. fǣhða gemyndig, 2690. --Comp. wæl-fǣhð.
fǣhðo, st. f. , same as above: nom. sg. sīo fǣhðo, 3000; acc. fǣhðo, 2490.
fǣlsian, w. v. , _to bring into a good condition, to cleanse_: inf. þæt ic
mōte . . . Heorot fǣlsian (from the plague of Grendel), 432; pret. Hrōðgāres
. . . sele fǣlsode, 2353.
ge-fǣlsian, w. v. , same as above: pret. part. hæfde gefǣlsod . . . sele
Hrōðgāres, 826; Heorot is gefǣlsod, 1177; wǣron ȳð-gebland eal gefǣlsod,
1621.
fǣmne, w. f. , _virgin, recens nupta_: dat. sg. fǣmnan, 2035; gen. sg.
fǣmnan, 2060, both times of Hrōðgār's daughter Frēaware.
fǣr, st. m. , _sudden, unexpected attack_: nom. sg. (attack upon Hnæf's band
by Finn's), 1069, 2231.
fǣr-gripe, st. m. , _sudden, treacherous gripe, attack_: nom. sg. fǣr-gripe
flōdes, 1517; dat. pl. under fǣrgripum, 739.
fǣr-gryre, st. m. , _fright caused by a sudden attack_: dat. pl. wið
fǣr-gryrum (against the inroads of Grendel into Heorot), 174.
fǣringa, adv. , _suddenly, unexpectedly_, 1415, 1989.
fǣr-nīð, st. m. , _hostility with sudden attacks_: gen. pl. hwæt mē Grendel
hafað . . . fǣrnīða gefremed, 476.
fǣt, st. n. (? ), _plate, sheet of metal_, especially _gold plate_ (Dietrich
Hpt. Ztschr. XI. 420): dat. pl. gold sele . . . fǣttum fāhne, _shining with
gold plates_ (the walls and the inner part of the roof were partly covered
with gold), 717; sceal se hearda helm hyrsted golde fǣtum befeallen (sc.
wesan), _the gold ornaments shall fall away from it_, 2257.
fǣted, fǣtt, part. , _ornamented with gold beaten into plate-form_: gen. sg.
fǣttan goldes, 1094, 2247; instr. sg. fǣttan golde, 2103. Elsewhere,
_covered, ornamented with gold plate_: nom. sg. sweord . . . fǣted, 2702;
acc. sg. fǣted wǣge, 2254, 2283; acc. pl. fǣtte scyldas, 333; fǣtte bēagas,
1751.
fǣted-hlēor, adj. , phaleratus gena (Dietr. ): acc. pl. eahta mēaras
fǣted-hlēore (_eight horses with bridles covered with plates of gold_),
1037.
fǣt-gold, st. n. , _gold in sheets_ or _plates_: acc. sg. , 1922.
feðer-gearwe, st. f. pl. _(feather-equipment), the feathers of the shaft of
the arrow_: dat. (instr. ) pl. sceft feðer-gearwum fūs, 3120.
fel, st. n. , _skin, hide_: dat. pl. glōf . . . gegyrwed dracan fellum, _made
of the skins of dragons_, 2089.
fela, I. , adj. indecl. , _much, many_: as subst. : acc. sg. fela fricgende,
2107. With worn placed before: hwæt þū worn fela . . . ymb Brecan sprǣce,
_how very much you spoke about Breca_, 530. --With gen. sg. : acc. sg. fela
fyrene, 810; wyrm-cynnes fela, 1426; worna fela sorge, 2004; tō fela micles
. . .
Denigea lēode, _too much of the race of the Danes_, 695; uncūðes fela,
877; fela lāðes, 930; fela lēofes and lāðes, 1061. --With gen. pl. : nom. sg.
fela mādma, 36; fela þǣra wera and wīfa, 993, etc. ; acc. sg. fela missēra,
153; fela fyrena, 164; ofer landa fela, 311; māððum-sigla fela (falo, MS. ),
2758; nē mē swōr fela āða on unriht, _swore no false oaths_, 2739, etc. ;
worn fela māðma, 1784; worna fela gūða, 2543. --Comp. eal-fela.
II. , adverbial, _very_, 1386, 2103, 2951.
fela-hrōr, adj. , valde agitatus, _very active against the enemy, very
warlike_, 27.
fela-mōdig, adj. , _very courageous_: gen. pl. -mōdigra, 1638, 1889.
fela-synnig, adj. , _very criminal, very guilty_: acc. sg. fela-sinnigne
secg (in MS. , on account of the alliteration, changed to simple sinnigne),
1380.
fēolan, st. v. , _to betake one's self into a place, to conceal one's self_:
pret. siððan inne fealh Grendles mōdor (in Heorot), 1282; þǣr inne fealh
secg syn-bysig (in the dragon's cave), 2227. --_to fall into, undergo,
endure_: searonīðas fealh, 1201.
æt-fēolan, w. dat. , insistere, adhǣrere: pret. nō ic him þæs georne ætfealh
_(held him not fast enough_, 969.
fen, st. n. , _fen, moor_: acc. sg. fen, 104; dat. sg. tō fenne, 1296;
fenne, 2010.
fen-freoðo, st. f. , _refuge in the fen_: dat. sg. in fen-freoðo, 852.
feng, st. m. , _gripe, embrace_: nom. sg. fȳres feng, 1765; acc. sg. fāra
feng (of the hostile sea-monsters), 578. --Comp. inwit-feng.
fengel (probably _he who takes possession_, cf. tō fōn, 1756, and fōn tō
rīce, _to enter upon the government_), st. m. , _lord, prince, king_: nom.
sg. wīsa fengel, 1401; snottra fengel, 1476, 2157; hringa fengel, 2346.
fen-ge-lād, st. n. , _fen-paths, fen with paths_: acc. pl. frēcne fengelād
(_fens difficult of access_), 1360.
fen-hlið, st. n. , _marshy precipice_: acc. pl. under fen-hleoðu, 821.
fen-hop, st. n. , _refuge in the fen_: acc. pl. on fen-hopu, 765.
ferh, st. m. n. , _life_; see feorh.
ferh, st. m. , _hog, boar_, here of the boar-image on the helmet: nom. sg. ,
305.
ferhð, st. m. , _heart, soul_: dat. sg. on ferhðe, 755, 949, 1719; gehwylc
hiora his ferhðe trēowde, þæt . . . , _each of them trusted to his_
(Hunferð's) _heart, that_ . . . , 1167; gen. sg. ferhðes fore-þanc, 1061; dat.
pl. (adverbial) ferhðum fægne, _happy at heart_, 1634; þæt mon . . . ferhðum
frēoge, _that one . . . heartily love_, 3178. --Comp. : collen-, sarig-,
swift-, wide-ferhð.
ferhð-frec, adj. , _having good courage, bold, brave_: acc. sg. ferhð-frecan
Fin, 1147.
ferhð-genīðla, w. m. , _mortal enemy_: acc. sg. ferhð-genīðlan, of the
drake, 2882.
ferian, w. v. w. acc. , _to bear, to bring, to conduct_: pres. II. pl.
hwanon ferigeað fǣtte scyldas, 333; pret. pl. tō scypum feredon eal
ingesteald eorðcyninges, 1155; similarly, feredon, 1159, 3114.
æt-ferian, _to carry away, to bear off_: pret. ic þæt hilt þanan fēondum
ætferede, 1669.
ge-ferian, _bear, to bring, to lead_: pres. subj. I. pl. þonne (wē)
geferian frēan ūserne, 3108; inf. geferian . . . Grendles hēafod, 1639; pret.
þæt hī ūt geferedon dȳre māðmas, 3131; pret. part. hēr syndon geferede
feorran cumene . . . Gēata lēode, _men of the Gēatas, come from afar, have
been brought hither_ (by ship), 361.
oð-ferian, _to tear away, to take away_: pret. sg. I. unsōfte þonan feorh
oð-ferede, 2142.
of-ferian, _to carry off, to take away, to tear away_: pret. ōðer swylc ūt
offerede, _took away another such_ (sc. fifteen), 1584.
fetel-hilt, st. n. , _sword-hilt_, with the gold chains fastened to it: acc.
(sg. or pl. ? ), 1564. (See "Leitfaden f. nord. Altertumskunde," pp. 45, 46. )
fetian, w. v. , _to bring near, bring_: pres. subj. nāh hwā . . . fe[tige]
fǣted wǣge, _bring the gold-chased tankard_, 2254; pret. part. hraðe wæs tō
būre Bēowulf fetod, 1311.
ge-fetian, _to bring_: inf. hēt þā eorla hlēo in gefetian Hrēðles lāfe,
_caused Hrēðel's sword to be brought_, 2191.
ā-fēdan, w. v. , _to nourish, to bring up_: pret. part. þǣr hē āfēded wæs,
694.
fēða (O. H. G. fendo), w. m. : 1) _foot-soldiers_: nom. pl. fēðan, 1328,
2545. --2) collective in sing. , _band of foot-soldiers, troop of warriors_:
nom. fēða eal gesæt, 1425; dat. on fēðan, 2498, 2920. --Comp. gum-fēða.
fēðe, st. n. , _gait, going, pace_: dat. sg. wæs tō foremihtig fēond on
fēðe, _the enemy was too strong in going_ (i. e. could flee too fast), 971.
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. fæstor, 143.
be-fæstan, w. v. , _to give over_: inf. hēt Hildeburh hire selfre sunu
sweoloðe befæstan, _to give over to the flames her own son_, 1116.
fæsten, st. n. , _fortified place, or place difficult of access_: acc. sg.
lēoda fæsten, _the fastness of the Gēatas_ (with ref. to 2327, 2334; fæsten
(Ongenþēow's castle or fort), 2951; fæsten (Grendel's house in the
fen-sea), 104.
fæst-rǣd, adj. , _firmly resolved_: acc. sg. fæst-rǣdne geþōht, _firm
determination_, 611.
fæt, st. m. , _way, journey_: in comp. sīð-fæt.
fæt, st. n. , _vessel; vase, cup_: acc. pl. fyrn-manna fatu, _the
(drinking-) vessels of men of old times_, 2762. --Comp. : bān-, drync-,
māððum-, sinc-, wundor-fæt.
fǣge, adj. : 1) _forfeited to death, allotted to death by fate_: nom. sg.
fǣge, 1756, 2142, 2976; fǣge and ge-flȳmed, 847; fūs and fǣge, 1242; acc.
sg. fǣgne flǣsc-homan, 1569; dat. sg. fǣgum, 2078; gen. sg. fǣges,
1528. --2) _dead_: dat. pl. ofer fǣgum (_over the warriors fallen in the
battle_), 3026. --Comp. : dēað-, un-fǣge.
fǣhð (_state of hostility_, see fāh), st. f. , _hostile act, feud, battle_:
nom. sg. fǣhð, 2404, 3062; acc. sg. fǣhðe, 153, 459, 470, 596, 1334, etc. ;
also of the unhappy bowshot of the Hrēðling, Hæðcyn, by which he killed his
brother, 2466; dat. sg. fore fǣhðe and fyrene, 137; nalas for fǣhðe mearn
(_did not recoil from the combat_), 1538; gen. sg, ne gefeah hē þǣre fǣhðe,
109; gen. pl. fǣhða gemyndig, 2690. --Comp. wæl-fǣhð.
fǣhðo, st. f. , same as above: nom. sg. sīo fǣhðo, 3000; acc. fǣhðo, 2490.
fǣlsian, w. v. , _to bring into a good condition, to cleanse_: inf. þæt ic
mōte . . . Heorot fǣlsian (from the plague of Grendel), 432; pret. Hrōðgāres
. . . sele fǣlsode, 2353.
ge-fǣlsian, w. v. , same as above: pret. part. hæfde gefǣlsod . . . sele
Hrōðgāres, 826; Heorot is gefǣlsod, 1177; wǣron ȳð-gebland eal gefǣlsod,
1621.
fǣmne, w. f. , _virgin, recens nupta_: dat. sg. fǣmnan, 2035; gen. sg.
fǣmnan, 2060, both times of Hrōðgār's daughter Frēaware.
fǣr, st. m. , _sudden, unexpected attack_: nom. sg. (attack upon Hnæf's band
by Finn's), 1069, 2231.
fǣr-gripe, st. m. , _sudden, treacherous gripe, attack_: nom. sg. fǣr-gripe
flōdes, 1517; dat. pl. under fǣrgripum, 739.
fǣr-gryre, st. m. , _fright caused by a sudden attack_: dat. pl. wið
fǣr-gryrum (against the inroads of Grendel into Heorot), 174.
fǣringa, adv. , _suddenly, unexpectedly_, 1415, 1989.
fǣr-nīð, st. m. , _hostility with sudden attacks_: gen. pl. hwæt mē Grendel
hafað . . . fǣrnīða gefremed, 476.
fǣt, st. n. (? ), _plate, sheet of metal_, especially _gold plate_ (Dietrich
Hpt. Ztschr. XI. 420): dat. pl. gold sele . . . fǣttum fāhne, _shining with
gold plates_ (the walls and the inner part of the roof were partly covered
with gold), 717; sceal se hearda helm hyrsted golde fǣtum befeallen (sc.
wesan), _the gold ornaments shall fall away from it_, 2257.
fǣted, fǣtt, part. , _ornamented with gold beaten into plate-form_: gen. sg.
fǣttan goldes, 1094, 2247; instr. sg. fǣttan golde, 2103. Elsewhere,
_covered, ornamented with gold plate_: nom. sg. sweord . . . fǣted, 2702;
acc. sg. fǣted wǣge, 2254, 2283; acc. pl. fǣtte scyldas, 333; fǣtte bēagas,
1751.
fǣted-hlēor, adj. , phaleratus gena (Dietr. ): acc. pl. eahta mēaras
fǣted-hlēore (_eight horses with bridles covered with plates of gold_),
1037.
fǣt-gold, st. n. , _gold in sheets_ or _plates_: acc. sg. , 1922.
feðer-gearwe, st. f. pl. _(feather-equipment), the feathers of the shaft of
the arrow_: dat. (instr. ) pl. sceft feðer-gearwum fūs, 3120.
fel, st. n. , _skin, hide_: dat. pl. glōf . . . gegyrwed dracan fellum, _made
of the skins of dragons_, 2089.
fela, I. , adj. indecl. , _much, many_: as subst. : acc. sg. fela fricgende,
2107. With worn placed before: hwæt þū worn fela . . . ymb Brecan sprǣce,
_how very much you spoke about Breca_, 530. --With gen. sg. : acc. sg. fela
fyrene, 810; wyrm-cynnes fela, 1426; worna fela sorge, 2004; tō fela micles
. . .
Denigea lēode, _too much of the race of the Danes_, 695; uncūðes fela,
877; fela lāðes, 930; fela lēofes and lāðes, 1061. --With gen. pl. : nom. sg.
fela mādma, 36; fela þǣra wera and wīfa, 993, etc. ; acc. sg. fela missēra,
153; fela fyrena, 164; ofer landa fela, 311; māððum-sigla fela (falo, MS. ),
2758; nē mē swōr fela āða on unriht, _swore no false oaths_, 2739, etc. ;
worn fela māðma, 1784; worna fela gūða, 2543. --Comp. eal-fela.
II. , adverbial, _very_, 1386, 2103, 2951.
fela-hrōr, adj. , valde agitatus, _very active against the enemy, very
warlike_, 27.
fela-mōdig, adj. , _very courageous_: gen. pl. -mōdigra, 1638, 1889.
fela-synnig, adj. , _very criminal, very guilty_: acc. sg. fela-sinnigne
secg (in MS. , on account of the alliteration, changed to simple sinnigne),
1380.
fēolan, st. v. , _to betake one's self into a place, to conceal one's self_:
pret. siððan inne fealh Grendles mōdor (in Heorot), 1282; þǣr inne fealh
secg syn-bysig (in the dragon's cave), 2227. --_to fall into, undergo,
endure_: searonīðas fealh, 1201.
æt-fēolan, w. dat. , insistere, adhǣrere: pret. nō ic him þæs georne ætfealh
_(held him not fast enough_, 969.
fen, st. n. , _fen, moor_: acc. sg. fen, 104; dat. sg. tō fenne, 1296;
fenne, 2010.
fen-freoðo, st. f. , _refuge in the fen_: dat. sg. in fen-freoðo, 852.
feng, st. m. , _gripe, embrace_: nom. sg. fȳres feng, 1765; acc. sg. fāra
feng (of the hostile sea-monsters), 578. --Comp. inwit-feng.
fengel (probably _he who takes possession_, cf. tō fōn, 1756, and fōn tō
rīce, _to enter upon the government_), st. m. , _lord, prince, king_: nom.
sg. wīsa fengel, 1401; snottra fengel, 1476, 2157; hringa fengel, 2346.
fen-ge-lād, st. n. , _fen-paths, fen with paths_: acc. pl. frēcne fengelād
(_fens difficult of access_), 1360.
fen-hlið, st. n. , _marshy precipice_: acc. pl. under fen-hleoðu, 821.
fen-hop, st. n. , _refuge in the fen_: acc. pl. on fen-hopu, 765.
ferh, st. m. n. , _life_; see feorh.
ferh, st. m. , _hog, boar_, here of the boar-image on the helmet: nom. sg. ,
305.
ferhð, st. m. , _heart, soul_: dat. sg. on ferhðe, 755, 949, 1719; gehwylc
hiora his ferhðe trēowde, þæt . . . , _each of them trusted to his_
(Hunferð's) _heart, that_ . . . , 1167; gen. sg. ferhðes fore-þanc, 1061; dat.
pl. (adverbial) ferhðum fægne, _happy at heart_, 1634; þæt mon . . . ferhðum
frēoge, _that one . . . heartily love_, 3178. --Comp. : collen-, sarig-,
swift-, wide-ferhð.
ferhð-frec, adj. , _having good courage, bold, brave_: acc. sg. ferhð-frecan
Fin, 1147.
ferhð-genīðla, w. m. , _mortal enemy_: acc. sg. ferhð-genīðlan, of the
drake, 2882.
ferian, w. v. w. acc. , _to bear, to bring, to conduct_: pres. II. pl.
hwanon ferigeað fǣtte scyldas, 333; pret. pl. tō scypum feredon eal
ingesteald eorðcyninges, 1155; similarly, feredon, 1159, 3114.
æt-ferian, _to carry away, to bear off_: pret. ic þæt hilt þanan fēondum
ætferede, 1669.
ge-ferian, _bear, to bring, to lead_: pres. subj. I. pl. þonne (wē)
geferian frēan ūserne, 3108; inf. geferian . . . Grendles hēafod, 1639; pret.
þæt hī ūt geferedon dȳre māðmas, 3131; pret. part. hēr syndon geferede
feorran cumene . . . Gēata lēode, _men of the Gēatas, come from afar, have
been brought hither_ (by ship), 361.
oð-ferian, _to tear away, to take away_: pret. sg. I. unsōfte þonan feorh
oð-ferede, 2142.
of-ferian, _to carry off, to take away, to tear away_: pret. ōðer swylc ūt
offerede, _took away another such_ (sc. fifteen), 1584.
fetel-hilt, st. n. , _sword-hilt_, with the gold chains fastened to it: acc.
(sg. or pl. ? ), 1564. (See "Leitfaden f. nord. Altertumskunde," pp. 45, 46. )
fetian, w. v. , _to bring near, bring_: pres. subj. nāh hwā . . . fe[tige]
fǣted wǣge, _bring the gold-chased tankard_, 2254; pret. part. hraðe wæs tō
būre Bēowulf fetod, 1311.
ge-fetian, _to bring_: inf. hēt þā eorla hlēo in gefetian Hrēðles lāfe,
_caused Hrēðel's sword to be brought_, 2191.
ā-fēdan, w. v. , _to nourish, to bring up_: pret. part. þǣr hē āfēded wæs,
694.
fēða (O. H. G. fendo), w. m. : 1) _foot-soldiers_: nom. pl. fēðan, 1328,
2545. --2) collective in sing. , _band of foot-soldiers, troop of warriors_:
nom. fēða eal gesæt, 1425; dat. on fēðan, 2498, 2920. --Comp. gum-fēða.
fēðe, st. n. , _gait, going, pace_: dat. sg. wæs tō foremihtig fēond on
fēðe, _the enemy was too strong in going_ (i. e. could flee too fast), 971.
