--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.
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.
Beowulf
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.
brǣgd feorh-genīðlan, 1541; acc. pl. folgode feorh-genīðlan, (Ongenþēow)
_pursued his mortal enemies_, 2934.
feorh-lagu, st. f. , _the life allotted to anyone, life determined by fate_:
acc. sg. on māðma hord mine (mīnne, MS. ) bebohte frōde feorh-lege, _for the
treasure-hoard I sold my old life_, 2801.
feorh-lāst, st. m. , _trace of (vanishing) life, sign of death _: acc. pl.
feorh-lāstas bær, 847.
feorh-sēoc, adj. , _mortally wounded_: nom. sg. , 821.
feorh-sweng, st. m. , _(stroke robbing of life), fatal blow_: acc. sg. ,
2490.
feorh-wund, st. f. , _mortal wound, fatal injury_: acc. sg. feorh-wunde
hlēat, 2386.
feorm, st. f. , _subsistence, entertainment_: acc. sg. nō þū ymb mīnes ne
þearft līces feorme leng sorgian, _thou needest no longer have care for the
sustenance of my body_, 451. --2) _banquet_: dat. on feorme (or feorme,
MS. ), 2386.
feormend-lēas, adj. , _wanting the. cleanser_: acc. pl. geseah . . .
fyrn-manna fatu feormend-lēase, 2762.
feormian, w. v. , _to clean, to cleanse, to polish_: pres. part. nom pl.
feormiend swefað (feormynd, MS. ), 2257.
ge-feormian, w. v. , _to feast, to eat_; pret. part. sōna hæfde unlyfigendes
eal gefeormod fēt and folma, 745.
feorran, w. v. , w. acc. , _to remove_: inf. sibbe ne wolde wið manna hwone
mægenes Deniga feorh-bealo feorran, fēo þingian, (Grendel) _would not from
friendship free any one of the men of the Danes of life's evil, nor allay
it for tribute_, 156.
feorran, adv. , _from afar_: a) of space, 361, 430, 826, 1371, 1820, etc. ;
siððan æðelingas feorran gefricgean flēam ēowerne, _when noble men afar
learn of your flight_ (when the news of your flight reaches distant lands),
2890; fērdon folctogan feorran and nēan, _from far and from near_, 840;
similarly, nēan and feorran þū nū [friðu] hafast, 1175; wæs þæs wyrmes wīg
wīde gesȳne . . . nēan and feorran, _visible from afar, far and near_,
2318. --b) temporal: sē þe cūðe frumsceaft fīra feorran reccan (_since
remote antiquity_), 91; similarly, feorran rehte, 2107.
feorran-cund, adj. , _foreign-born_: dat. sg. feorran-cundum, 1796.
feor-weg, st. m. , _far way_: dat. pl. mādma fela of feorwegum, _many
precious things from distant paths_ (from foreign lands), 37.
ge-fēon. See feohan.
fēond, st. m. , _enemy_: nom. sg. , 164, 726, 749; fēond on helle (Grendel),
101; acc. sg. , 279, 1865, 2707; dat. sg. fēonde, 143, 439; gen. sg.
fēondes, 985, 2129, 2290; acc, pl. fēond, 699; dat. pl. fēondum, 420, 1670;
gen. pl. feonda 294, 809, 904.
fēond-grāp, st. f. , _foe's clutch_: dat. (instr. ) pl. fēond-grāpum fæst,
637.
fēond-sceaða, w. m. , _one who is an enemy and a robber_: nom. sg. fāh
fēond-scaða (_a hostile sea-monster_), 554.
fēond-scipe, st. m. , _hostility_: nom. sg. , 3000.
fēower, num. , _four_: nom. fēower bearn, 59; fēower mēaras, 2164; fēower,
as substantive, 1638; acc. fēower māðmas, 1028.
fēower-tȳne, num. , _fourteen_: nom. with following gen. pl. fēowertȳne
Gēata, 1642.
findan, st. v. , _to find, to invent, to attain_: a) with simple object in
acc. : inf. þāra þe hē cēnoste findan mihte, 207; swylce hīe at Finnes-hām
findan meahton sigla searo-gimma, 1157; similarly, 2871; mæg þǣr fela
frēonda findan, 1839; wolde guman findan, 2295; swā hyt weorðlīcost
fore-snotre men findan mihton, _so splendidly as only very wise men could
devise it_, 3164; pret. sg. healþegnas fand, 720; word ōðer fand, _found
other words_, i. e. went on to another narrative, 871; grimne gryrelīcne
grund-hyrde fond, 2137; þæt ic gōdne funde bēaga bryttan, 1487; pret. part.
syððan ǣrest wearð fēasceaft funden (_discovered_), 7. --b) with acc. and
pred. adj. : pret. sg. dryhten sīnne drīorigne fand, 2790. --c) with acc. and
inf. : pret. fand þā þǣr inne æðelinga gedriht swefan, 118; fand wæccendne
wer wīges bīdan, 1268; hord-wynne fond opene standan, 2271; oð þæt hē
fyrgen-bēamas . . . hleonian funde, 1416; pret. pl. fundon þā sāwullēasne
hlim-bed healdan, 3034. --d) with dependent clause: inf. nō þȳ ǣr
fēasceafte findan meahton æt þām æðelinge þæt hē Heardrēde hlāford wǣre
(_could by no means obtain it from the prince_), 2374.
on-findan, _to be sensible of, to perceive, to notice_: a) w. acc. : pret.
sg. landweard onfand eftsīð eorla, _the coast-guard observed the return of
the earls_, 1892; pret. part. þā hēo onfunden wæs (_was discovered_),
1294. --b) w. depend, clause: pret. sg. þā se gist onfand þæt se beado-lēoma
bītan nolde, _the stranger_ (Bēowulf) _perceived that the sword would not
cut_, 1523; sōna þæt onfunde, þæt . . . , _immediately perceived that_. .
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.
brǣgd feorh-genīðlan, 1541; acc. pl. folgode feorh-genīðlan, (Ongenþēow)
_pursued his mortal enemies_, 2934.
feorh-lagu, st. f. , _the life allotted to anyone, life determined by fate_:
acc. sg. on māðma hord mine (mīnne, MS. ) bebohte frōde feorh-lege, _for the
treasure-hoard I sold my old life_, 2801.
feorh-lāst, st. m. , _trace of (vanishing) life, sign of death _: acc. pl.
feorh-lāstas bær, 847.
feorh-sēoc, adj. , _mortally wounded_: nom. sg. , 821.
feorh-sweng, st. m. , _(stroke robbing of life), fatal blow_: acc. sg. ,
2490.
feorh-wund, st. f. , _mortal wound, fatal injury_: acc. sg. feorh-wunde
hlēat, 2386.
feorm, st. f. , _subsistence, entertainment_: acc. sg. nō þū ymb mīnes ne
þearft līces feorme leng sorgian, _thou needest no longer have care for the
sustenance of my body_, 451. --2) _banquet_: dat. on feorme (or feorme,
MS. ), 2386.
feormend-lēas, adj. , _wanting the. cleanser_: acc. pl. geseah . . .
fyrn-manna fatu feormend-lēase, 2762.
feormian, w. v. , _to clean, to cleanse, to polish_: pres. part. nom pl.
feormiend swefað (feormynd, MS. ), 2257.
ge-feormian, w. v. , _to feast, to eat_; pret. part. sōna hæfde unlyfigendes
eal gefeormod fēt and folma, 745.
feorran, w. v. , w. acc. , _to remove_: inf. sibbe ne wolde wið manna hwone
mægenes Deniga feorh-bealo feorran, fēo þingian, (Grendel) _would not from
friendship free any one of the men of the Danes of life's evil, nor allay
it for tribute_, 156.
feorran, adv. , _from afar_: a) of space, 361, 430, 826, 1371, 1820, etc. ;
siððan æðelingas feorran gefricgean flēam ēowerne, _when noble men afar
learn of your flight_ (when the news of your flight reaches distant lands),
2890; fērdon folctogan feorran and nēan, _from far and from near_, 840;
similarly, nēan and feorran þū nū [friðu] hafast, 1175; wæs þæs wyrmes wīg
wīde gesȳne . . . nēan and feorran, _visible from afar, far and near_,
2318. --b) temporal: sē þe cūðe frumsceaft fīra feorran reccan (_since
remote antiquity_), 91; similarly, feorran rehte, 2107.
feorran-cund, adj. , _foreign-born_: dat. sg. feorran-cundum, 1796.
feor-weg, st. m. , _far way_: dat. pl. mādma fela of feorwegum, _many
precious things from distant paths_ (from foreign lands), 37.
ge-fēon. See feohan.
fēond, st. m. , _enemy_: nom. sg. , 164, 726, 749; fēond on helle (Grendel),
101; acc. sg. , 279, 1865, 2707; dat. sg. fēonde, 143, 439; gen. sg.
fēondes, 985, 2129, 2290; acc, pl. fēond, 699; dat. pl. fēondum, 420, 1670;
gen. pl. feonda 294, 809, 904.
fēond-grāp, st. f. , _foe's clutch_: dat. (instr. ) pl. fēond-grāpum fæst,
637.
fēond-sceaða, w. m. , _one who is an enemy and a robber_: nom. sg. fāh
fēond-scaða (_a hostile sea-monster_), 554.
fēond-scipe, st. m. , _hostility_: nom. sg. , 3000.
fēower, num. , _four_: nom. fēower bearn, 59; fēower mēaras, 2164; fēower,
as substantive, 1638; acc. fēower māðmas, 1028.
fēower-tȳne, num. , _fourteen_: nom. with following gen. pl. fēowertȳne
Gēata, 1642.
findan, st. v. , _to find, to invent, to attain_: a) with simple object in
acc. : inf. þāra þe hē cēnoste findan mihte, 207; swylce hīe at Finnes-hām
findan meahton sigla searo-gimma, 1157; similarly, 2871; mæg þǣr fela
frēonda findan, 1839; wolde guman findan, 2295; swā hyt weorðlīcost
fore-snotre men findan mihton, _so splendidly as only very wise men could
devise it_, 3164; pret. sg. healþegnas fand, 720; word ōðer fand, _found
other words_, i. e. went on to another narrative, 871; grimne gryrelīcne
grund-hyrde fond, 2137; þæt ic gōdne funde bēaga bryttan, 1487; pret. part.
syððan ǣrest wearð fēasceaft funden (_discovered_), 7. --b) with acc. and
pred. adj. : pret. sg. dryhten sīnne drīorigne fand, 2790. --c) with acc. and
inf. : pret. fand þā þǣr inne æðelinga gedriht swefan, 118; fand wæccendne
wer wīges bīdan, 1268; hord-wynne fond opene standan, 2271; oð þæt hē
fyrgen-bēamas . . . hleonian funde, 1416; pret. pl. fundon þā sāwullēasne
hlim-bed healdan, 3034. --d) with dependent clause: inf. nō þȳ ǣr
fēasceafte findan meahton æt þām æðelinge þæt hē Heardrēde hlāford wǣre
(_could by no means obtain it from the prince_), 2374.
on-findan, _to be sensible of, to perceive, to notice_: a) w. acc. : pret.
sg. landweard onfand eftsīð eorla, _the coast-guard observed the return of
the earls_, 1892; pret. part. þā hēo onfunden wæs (_was discovered_),
1294. --b) w. depend, clause: pret. sg. þā se gist onfand þæt se beado-lēoma
bītan nolde, _the stranger_ (Bēowulf) _perceived that the sword would not
cut_, 1523; sōna þæt onfunde, þæt . . . , _immediately perceived that_. .
