wesan), _be robbed of its gold
mountings_
(the gold mounting
will fall away from it moldering), 2257.
will fall away from it moldering), 2257.
Beowulf
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.
fēðe-cempa, w. m. , _foot-soldier_: nom. sg. , 1545, 2854.
fēðe-gæst, st. m. , _guest coming on foot_: dat. pl. fēðe-gestum, 1977.
fēðe-lāst, st. m. , _signs of going, footprint_: dat. pl. fērdon forð þonon
fēðe-lāstum, _went forth from there upon their trail_, i. e. by the same way
that they had gone, 1633.
fēðe-wīg, st. m. , _battle on foot_: gen. sg. nealles Hetware hrēmge þorfton
(sc. wesan) fēðe-wīges, 2365.
fēl (= fēol), st. f. _file_: gen. pl. fēla lāfe, _what the files have left
behind_ (that is, the swords), 1033.
fēran, w. v. , iter (A. S. fōr) facere, _to come, to go, to travel_: pres.
subj. II. pl. ǣr gē . . . on land Dena furður fēran, _ere you go farther into
the land of the Danes_, 254; inf. fēran on frēan wǣre (_to die_), 27;
gewiton him þā fēran (_set out upon their way_), 301; mǣl is mē tō fēran,
316; fēran . . . gang scēawigan, _go, so as to see the footprints_, 1391;
wīde fēran, 2262; pret. fērdon folctogan . . . wundor scēawian, _the princes
came to see the wonder_, 840; fērdon forð, 1633.
ge-fēran: 1) adire, _to arrive at_: pres. subj. þonne eorl ende gefēre
līfgesceafta, _reach the end of life_, 3064; pret. part. hæfde ǣghwæðer
ende gefēred lǣnan līfes, _frail life's end had both reached_, 2845. --2)
_to reach, to accomplish, to bring about_: pret. hafast þū gefēred þæt . . . ,
1222, 1856. --3) _to behave one's self, to conduct one's self_: pret. frēcne
gefērdon, _had shown themselves daring_, 1692.
feal, st. m. , _fall_: in comp. wæl-feal.
feallan, st. v. , _to fall, to fall headlong_: inf. feallan, 1071; pret. sg.
þæt hē on hrūsan ne fēol, _that it_ (the hall) _did not fall to the
ground_, 773; similarly, fēoll on foldan, 2976; fēoll on fēðan (dat. sg. ),
_fell in the band_ (of his warriors), 2920; pret. pl. þonne walu fēollon,
1043.
be-feallen, pret. part. w. dat. or instr. , _deprived of, robbed_: frēondum
befeallen, _robbed of friends_, 1127; sceal se hearda helm . . . fǣtum
befeallen (sc.
wesan), _be robbed of its gold mountings_ (the gold mounting
will fall away from it moldering), 2257.
ge-feallan, _to fall, to sink down_: pres. sg. III. þæt se līc-homa . . .
fǣge gefealleð, _that the body doomed to die sinks down_, 1756. --Also, with
the acc. of the place whither: pret. meregrund gefēoll, 2101; hē eorðan
gefēoll, 2835.
fealu, adj. , _fallow, dun-colored, tawny_: acc. sg. ofer fealone flōd
(_over the sea_), 1951; fealwe strǣte (with reference to 320, 917; acc. pl.
lēton on geflīt faran fealwe mēaras, 866. --Comp. æppel-fealo.
feax, st. n. , _hair, hair of the head_: dat. sg. wæs be feaxe on flet boren
Grendles hēafod, _was carried by the hair into the hall_, 1648; him . . .
swāt . . . sprong forð under fexe, _the blood sprang out under the hair of
his head_, 2968. --Comp. : blonden-, gamol-, wunden-feax.
ge-fēa, w. m. , _joy_: acc. sg. þǣre fylle gefēan, _joy at the abundant
repast_, 562; ic þæs ealles mæg . . . gefēan habban (_can rejoice at all
this_), 2741.
fēa, adj. , _few_ dat. pl. nemne fēaum ānum, _except some few_, 1082; gen.
pl. fēara sum, _as one of a few, with a few_, 1413; fēara sumne, _one of a
few (some few)_, 3062. With gen. following: acc. pl. fēa worda cwæð, _spoke
few words_, 2663, 2247.
fēa-sceaft, adj. , _miserable, unhappy, helpless_: nom. sg. syððan ǣrest
wearð fēasceaft funden, 7; fēasceaft guma (Grendel), 974; dat. sg.
fēasceaftum men, 2286; Ēadgilse . . . fēasceaftum, 2394; nom. pl. fēasceafte
(the Gēatas robbed of their king, Hygelāc), 2374.
feoh, fēo, st. n. , (_properly cattle, herd_) here, _possessions, property,
treasure_: instr. sg. ne wolde . . . feorh-bealo fēo þingian, _would not
allay life's evil for treasure_ (tribute), 156; similarly, þā fǣhðe fēo
þingode, 470; ic þē þā fǣhðe fēo lēanige, 1381.
ge-feohan, ge-fēon, st. v. w. gen. and instr. , _to enjoy one's self, to
rejoice at something_: a) w. gen. : pret. sg. ne gefeah hē þǣre fǣhðe, 109;
hilde gefeh, beado-weorces, 2299; pl. fylle gefǣgon, _enjoyed themselves at
the bounteous repast_, 1015; þēodnes gefēgon, _rejoiced at_ (the return of)
_the ruler_, 1628. --b) w. instr. : niht-weorce gefeh, ellen-mǣrðum, 828;
secg weorce gefeh, 1570; sǣlāce gefeah, mægen-byrðenne þāra þe hē him mid
hæfde, _rejoiced at the gift of the sea, and at the great burden of that_
(Grendel's head and the sword-hilt) _which he had with him_, 1625.
feoh-gift, -gyft, st. f. , _bestowing of gifts_ or _treasures_: gen. sg.
þǣre feoh-gyfte, 1026; dat. pl. æt feohgyftum, 1090; fromum feohgiftum,
_with rich gifts_, 21.
feoh-lēas, adj. , _that cannot be atoned for through gifts_: nom. sg. þæt
wæs feoh-lēas gefeoht, _a deed of arms that cannot be expiated_ (the
killing of his brother by Hæðcyn), 2442.
ge-feoht, st. n. , _combat; warlike deed_: nom. sg. (the killing of his
brother by Hæðcyn), 2442; dat. sg. mēce þone þīn fader tō gefeohte bær,
_the sword which thy father bore to the combat_, 2049.
ge-feohtan, st. v. , _to fight_: inf. w. acc. ne mehte . . . wīg Hengeste wiht
gefeohtan (_could by no means offer Hengest battle_), 1084.
feohte, w. f. , _combat_: acc. sg. feohtan, 576, 960. See were-fyhte.
feor, adj. , _far, remote_: nom. sg. nis þæt feor heonon, 1362; næs him feor
þanon tō gesēcanne sinces bryttan, 1922; acc. sg. feor eal (_all that is
far, past_), 1702.
feor, adv. , _far, far away_: a) of space, 42, 109, 809, 1806, 1917; feor
and (oððe) nēah, _far and (or) near_, 1222, 2871; feorr, 2267. --b) of time:
gē feor hafað fǣhðe gestǣled (_has placed us under her enmity henceforth_),
1341.
Comparative, fyr, feorr, and feor: fyr and fæstor, 143; fyr, 252; feorr,
1989; feor, 542.
feor-būend, pt. , _dwelling far away_: nom. pl. gē feor-būend, 254.
feor-cȳð, st. f. , _home of those living far away, distant land_: nom, pl.
feor-cȳððe bēoð sēlran gesōhte þǣm þe him selfa dēah, _foreign lands are
better sought by him who trusts to his own ability_, 1839.
feorh, ferh (Goth. fairhvu-s, _world_), st. m. and n. , _life, principle of
life, soul_: nom. sg. feorh, 2124; nō þon lange wæs feorh æðelinges flǣsce
bewunden, _not for much longer was the soul of the prince enveloped in the
body_ (he was near death), 2425; ferh ellen wræc, _life expelled the
strength_ (i. e. with the departing life the strength disappeared also),
2707; acc. sg. feorh ealgian, 797, 2656, 2669; feorh gehealdan, _preserve
his life_, 2857; feorh ālegde, _gave up his life_, 852; similarly, ǣr hē
feorh seleð, 1371; feorh oðferede, _tore away her life_, 2142; oð þæt hīe
forlǣddan tō þām lindplegan swǣse gesīðas ond hyra sylfra feorh, _till in
an evil hour they carried into battle their dear companions and their
lives_ (i. e. led them to their death), 2041; gif þū þīn feorh hafast, 1850;
ymb feorh sacan (_to fight for life_), 439; wæs in feorh dropen, _was
wounded into his life_, i. e. mortally, 2982; wīdan feorh, as temporal acc. ,
_through a wide life_, i. e. always, 2015; dat. sg. fēore, 1294, 1549; tō
wīdan feore, _for a wide life_, i. e. at all times, 934; on swā geongum
feore (_at a so youthful age_), 1844; as instr. , 578, 3014; gen. sg.
fēores, 1434, 1943; dat. pl. būton . . . feorum gumena, 73; frēonda fēorum,
1307. --Also, _body, corpse_: þā wæs heal hroden fēonda fēorum (_the hall
was covered with the slain of the enemy_), 1153; gehwearf þā in Francna
fæðm feorh cyninges, _then the body of the king_ (Hygelāc) _fell into the
power of the Franks_, 1211. --Comp. geogoð-feorh.
feorh-bana, w. m. , _(life-slayer), man-slayer, murderer_: dat. sg.
feorh-bonan, 2466.
feorh-ben, st. f. , _wound that takes away life, mortal wound_: dat.
(instr. ) pl. feorh-bennum sēoc, 2741.
feorh-bealu, st. n. , _evil destroying life, violent death_: nom. sg. , 2078,
2251, 2538; acc. sg. , 156.
feorh-cyn, st. n. , _race of the living, mankind_: gen. pl. fela
feorh-cynna, 2267.
feorh-genīðla, w. m. , _he who seeks life, life's enemy_ (N. H. G. Tod-feind),
_mortal enemy_: acc. sg. -genīðlan, 1541; dat. sg. -genīðlan, 970; acc. 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.
fēðe-cempa, w. m. , _foot-soldier_: nom. sg. , 1545, 2854.
fēðe-gæst, st. m. , _guest coming on foot_: dat. pl. fēðe-gestum, 1977.
fēðe-lāst, st. m. , _signs of going, footprint_: dat. pl. fērdon forð þonon
fēðe-lāstum, _went forth from there upon their trail_, i. e. by the same way
that they had gone, 1633.
fēðe-wīg, st. m. , _battle on foot_: gen. sg. nealles Hetware hrēmge þorfton
(sc. wesan) fēðe-wīges, 2365.
fēl (= fēol), st. f. _file_: gen. pl. fēla lāfe, _what the files have left
behind_ (that is, the swords), 1033.
fēran, w. v. , iter (A. S. fōr) facere, _to come, to go, to travel_: pres.
subj. II. pl. ǣr gē . . . on land Dena furður fēran, _ere you go farther into
the land of the Danes_, 254; inf. fēran on frēan wǣre (_to die_), 27;
gewiton him þā fēran (_set out upon their way_), 301; mǣl is mē tō fēran,
316; fēran . . . gang scēawigan, _go, so as to see the footprints_, 1391;
wīde fēran, 2262; pret. fērdon folctogan . . . wundor scēawian, _the princes
came to see the wonder_, 840; fērdon forð, 1633.
ge-fēran: 1) adire, _to arrive at_: pres. subj. þonne eorl ende gefēre
līfgesceafta, _reach the end of life_, 3064; pret. part. hæfde ǣghwæðer
ende gefēred lǣnan līfes, _frail life's end had both reached_, 2845. --2)
_to reach, to accomplish, to bring about_: pret. hafast þū gefēred þæt . . . ,
1222, 1856. --3) _to behave one's self, to conduct one's self_: pret. frēcne
gefērdon, _had shown themselves daring_, 1692.
feal, st. m. , _fall_: in comp. wæl-feal.
feallan, st. v. , _to fall, to fall headlong_: inf. feallan, 1071; pret. sg.
þæt hē on hrūsan ne fēol, _that it_ (the hall) _did not fall to the
ground_, 773; similarly, fēoll on foldan, 2976; fēoll on fēðan (dat. sg. ),
_fell in the band_ (of his warriors), 2920; pret. pl. þonne walu fēollon,
1043.
be-feallen, pret. part. w. dat. or instr. , _deprived of, robbed_: frēondum
befeallen, _robbed of friends_, 1127; sceal se hearda helm . . . fǣtum
befeallen (sc.
wesan), _be robbed of its gold mountings_ (the gold mounting
will fall away from it moldering), 2257.
ge-feallan, _to fall, to sink down_: pres. sg. III. þæt se līc-homa . . .
fǣge gefealleð, _that the body doomed to die sinks down_, 1756. --Also, with
the acc. of the place whither: pret. meregrund gefēoll, 2101; hē eorðan
gefēoll, 2835.
fealu, adj. , _fallow, dun-colored, tawny_: acc. sg. ofer fealone flōd
(_over the sea_), 1951; fealwe strǣte (with reference to 320, 917; acc. pl.
lēton on geflīt faran fealwe mēaras, 866. --Comp. æppel-fealo.
feax, st. n. , _hair, hair of the head_: dat. sg. wæs be feaxe on flet boren
Grendles hēafod, _was carried by the hair into the hall_, 1648; him . . .
swāt . . . sprong forð under fexe, _the blood sprang out under the hair of
his head_, 2968. --Comp. : blonden-, gamol-, wunden-feax.
ge-fēa, w. m. , _joy_: acc. sg. þǣre fylle gefēan, _joy at the abundant
repast_, 562; ic þæs ealles mæg . . . gefēan habban (_can rejoice at all
this_), 2741.
fēa, adj. , _few_ dat. pl. nemne fēaum ānum, _except some few_, 1082; gen.
pl. fēara sum, _as one of a few, with a few_, 1413; fēara sumne, _one of a
few (some few)_, 3062. With gen. following: acc. pl. fēa worda cwæð, _spoke
few words_, 2663, 2247.
fēa-sceaft, adj. , _miserable, unhappy, helpless_: nom. sg. syððan ǣrest
wearð fēasceaft funden, 7; fēasceaft guma (Grendel), 974; dat. sg.
fēasceaftum men, 2286; Ēadgilse . . . fēasceaftum, 2394; nom. pl. fēasceafte
(the Gēatas robbed of their king, Hygelāc), 2374.
feoh, fēo, st. n. , (_properly cattle, herd_) here, _possessions, property,
treasure_: instr. sg. ne wolde . . . feorh-bealo fēo þingian, _would not
allay life's evil for treasure_ (tribute), 156; similarly, þā fǣhðe fēo
þingode, 470; ic þē þā fǣhðe fēo lēanige, 1381.
ge-feohan, ge-fēon, st. v. w. gen. and instr. , _to enjoy one's self, to
rejoice at something_: a) w. gen. : pret. sg. ne gefeah hē þǣre fǣhðe, 109;
hilde gefeh, beado-weorces, 2299; pl. fylle gefǣgon, _enjoyed themselves at
the bounteous repast_, 1015; þēodnes gefēgon, _rejoiced at_ (the return of)
_the ruler_, 1628. --b) w. instr. : niht-weorce gefeh, ellen-mǣrðum, 828;
secg weorce gefeh, 1570; sǣlāce gefeah, mægen-byrðenne þāra þe hē him mid
hæfde, _rejoiced at the gift of the sea, and at the great burden of that_
(Grendel's head and the sword-hilt) _which he had with him_, 1625.
feoh-gift, -gyft, st. f. , _bestowing of gifts_ or _treasures_: gen. sg.
þǣre feoh-gyfte, 1026; dat. pl. æt feohgyftum, 1090; fromum feohgiftum,
_with rich gifts_, 21.
feoh-lēas, adj. , _that cannot be atoned for through gifts_: nom. sg. þæt
wæs feoh-lēas gefeoht, _a deed of arms that cannot be expiated_ (the
killing of his brother by Hæðcyn), 2442.
ge-feoht, st. n. , _combat; warlike deed_: nom. sg. (the killing of his
brother by Hæðcyn), 2442; dat. sg. mēce þone þīn fader tō gefeohte bær,
_the sword which thy father bore to the combat_, 2049.
ge-feohtan, st. v. , _to fight_: inf. w. acc. ne mehte . . . wīg Hengeste wiht
gefeohtan (_could by no means offer Hengest battle_), 1084.
feohte, w. f. , _combat_: acc. sg. feohtan, 576, 960. See were-fyhte.
feor, adj. , _far, remote_: nom. sg. nis þæt feor heonon, 1362; næs him feor
þanon tō gesēcanne sinces bryttan, 1922; acc. sg. feor eal (_all that is
far, past_), 1702.
feor, adv. , _far, far away_: a) of space, 42, 109, 809, 1806, 1917; feor
and (oððe) nēah, _far and (or) near_, 1222, 2871; feorr, 2267. --b) of time:
gē feor hafað fǣhðe gestǣled (_has placed us under her enmity henceforth_),
1341.
Comparative, fyr, feorr, and feor: fyr and fæstor, 143; fyr, 252; feorr,
1989; feor, 542.
feor-būend, pt. , _dwelling far away_: nom. pl. gē feor-būend, 254.
feor-cȳð, st. f. , _home of those living far away, distant land_: nom, pl.
feor-cȳððe bēoð sēlran gesōhte þǣm þe him selfa dēah, _foreign lands are
better sought by him who trusts to his own ability_, 1839.
feorh, ferh (Goth. fairhvu-s, _world_), st. m. and n. , _life, principle of
life, soul_: nom. sg. feorh, 2124; nō þon lange wæs feorh æðelinges flǣsce
bewunden, _not for much longer was the soul of the prince enveloped in the
body_ (he was near death), 2425; ferh ellen wræc, _life expelled the
strength_ (i. e. with the departing life the strength disappeared also),
2707; acc. sg. feorh ealgian, 797, 2656, 2669; feorh gehealdan, _preserve
his life_, 2857; feorh ālegde, _gave up his life_, 852; similarly, ǣr hē
feorh seleð, 1371; feorh oðferede, _tore away her life_, 2142; oð þæt hīe
forlǣddan tō þām lindplegan swǣse gesīðas ond hyra sylfra feorh, _till in
an evil hour they carried into battle their dear companions and their
lives_ (i. e. led them to their death), 2041; gif þū þīn feorh hafast, 1850;
ymb feorh sacan (_to fight for life_), 439; wæs in feorh dropen, _was
wounded into his life_, i. e. mortally, 2982; wīdan feorh, as temporal acc. ,
_through a wide life_, i. e. always, 2015; dat. sg. fēore, 1294, 1549; tō
wīdan feore, _for a wide life_, i. e. at all times, 934; on swā geongum
feore (_at a so youthful age_), 1844; as instr. , 578, 3014; gen. sg.
fēores, 1434, 1943; dat. pl. būton . . . feorum gumena, 73; frēonda fēorum,
1307. --Also, _body, corpse_: þā wæs heal hroden fēonda fēorum (_the hall
was covered with the slain of the enemy_), 1153; gehwearf þā in Francna
fæðm feorh cyninges, _then the body of the king_ (Hygelāc) _fell into the
power of the Franks_, 1211. --Comp. geogoð-feorh.
feorh-bana, w. m. , _(life-slayer), man-slayer, murderer_: dat. sg.
feorh-bonan, 2466.
feorh-ben, st. f. , _wound that takes away life, mortal wound_: dat.
(instr. ) pl. feorh-bennum sēoc, 2741.
feorh-bealu, st. n. , _evil destroying life, violent death_: nom. sg. , 2078,
2251, 2538; acc. sg. , 156.
feorh-cyn, st. n. , _race of the living, mankind_: gen. pl. fela
feorh-cynna, 2267.
feorh-genīðla, w. m. , _he who seeks life, life's enemy_ (N. H. G. Tod-feind),
_mortal enemy_: acc. sg. -genīðlan, 1541; dat. sg. -genīðlan, 970; acc. sg.
