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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_. . . ,
751; similarly, 810, 1498.

finger, st. m. , _finger_: nom. pl. fingras, 761; acc. pl. fingras, 985;
dat. (instr. ) pl. fingrum, 1506; gen. pl. fingra, 765.

fīras, fȳras (O. H. G. firahī, i. e. _the living_; cf. feorh), st. m. , only
in pl. , _men_: gen. pl. fīra, 91, 2742; monegum fīra, 2002; fȳra gehwylcne
lēoda mīnra, 2251; fīra fyrngeweorc, 2287.

firen, fyren, st. f. , _cunning waylaying, insidious hostility, malice,
outrage_: nom. sg. fyren, 916; acc. sg. fyrene and fǣhðe, 153; fǣhðe and
fyrene, 880, 2481; firen' ondrysne, 1933; dat. sg. fore fǣhðe and fyrene,
137; gen. pl. fyrena, 164, 629; and fyrene, 812; fyrena hyrde (of Grendel),
751. The dat. pl.
, fyrenum, is used adverbially in the sense of
_maliciously_, 1745, or _fallaciously_, with reference to Hæðcyn's killing
Herebeald, which was done unintentionally, 2442.

firen-dǣd, st. f. , _wicked deed_: acc. pl. fyren-dǣda, 1670; instr. pl.
fyren-dǣdum, 1002; both times of Grendel and his mother, with reference to
their nocturnal inroads.

firen-þearf, st. f. , _misery through the malignity of enemies_: acc. sg.
fyren-þearfe, 14.

firgen-bēam, st. m. , _tree of a mountain-forest_: acc. pl. fyrgen-bēamas,
1415.

firgen-holt, st. m. , _mountain-wood, mountain-forest_: acc. sg. on
fyrgen-holt, 1394.

firgen-strēam, st. m. , _mountain-stream_: nom. sg. fyrgen-strēam, 1360;
acc. sg. under fyrgen-strēam (marks the place where the mountain-stream,
according to 1360, empties into Grendel's sea), 2129.

fisc, st. m. , _fish_: in comp. hron-, mere-fisc.

fīf, num. , _five_: uninflect. gen. fīf nihta fyrst, 545; acc. fīfe (? ),
420.

fīfel-cyn (O. N. fīfl, stultus and gigas), st. n. , _giant-race_: gen. sg.
fīfelcynnes eard, 104.

fīf-tȳne, num. , _fifteen_: acc. fȳftȳne, 1583; gen. fīftȳna sum, 207.

fīf-tig, num. , _fifty_: 1) as substantive with gen. following; acc. fīftig
wintra, 2734; gen. sē wæs fīftiges fōt-gemearces lang, 3043. --2) as
adjective: acc. fīftig wintru, 2210.

flān, st. m. , _arrow_: dat. sg. flāne, 3120; as instr. , 2439.

flān-boga, w. m. , _bow which shoots the flān, bow_: dat. sg. of flān-bogan,
1434, 1745.

flǣsc, st. n. , _flesh, body in contrast with soul_: instr. sg. nō þon lange
wæs feorh æðelinges flǣsce bewunden, _not much longer was the son of the
prince contained in his body_, 2425.

flǣsc-hama, w. m. , _clothing of flesh_, i. e. the body: acc. sg.
flǣsc-homan, 1569.

flet, st. n. : 1) _ground, floor of a hall_: acc. sg. hēo on flet gebēah,
_fell to the ground_, 1541; similarly, 1569. --2) _hall, mansion_: nom. sg.
1977; acc. sg. flet, 1037, 1648, 1950, 2018, etc. ; flett, 2035; þæt hīe him
ōðer flet eal gerȳmdon, _that they should give up entirely to them another
hall_, 1087; dat. sg. on flette, 1026.

flet-ræst, st. f. , _resting-place in the hall_: acc. sg. flet-ræste gebēag,
_reclined upon the couch in the hall_, 1242.

flet-sittend, pres. part. , _sitting in the hall_: acc. pl -sittende, 2023;
dat. pl. -sittendum, 1789.

flet-werod, st. n. , _troop from the hall_: nom. sg. , 476.

flēam, st. m. , _flight_: acc. sg. on flēam gewand, _had turned to flight_,
1002; flēam ēowerne, 2890.

flēogan, st. v. , _to fly_: prs. sg. III. flēogeð, 2274.

flēon, st. v. , _to flee_: inf. on heolster flēon, 756; flēon on fenhopu,
765; flēon under fen-hleoðu, 821; pret. hete-swengeas flēah, 2226.

be-flēon, w. acc. , _to avoid, to escape_: gerund nō þæt ȳðe byð tō
beflēonne, _that is not easy_ (i. e. not at all) _to be avoided_, 1004.

ofer-flēon, w. acc. , _to flee from one, to yield_: inf. nelle ic beorges
weard oferflēon fōtes trem, _will not yield to the warder of the mountain_
(the drake) _a foot's breadth_, 2526.

flēotan, st. v. , _to float upon the water, to swim_: inf. nō hē wiht fram
mē flōd-ȳðum feor flēotan meahte. hraðor on helme, _no whit, could he swim
from me farther on the waves_ (regarded as instrumental, so that the waves
marked the distance), _more swiftly in the sea_, 542; pret. sǣgenga flēat
fāmigheals forð ofer ȳðe, _floated away over the waves_, 1910.

fliht. See flyht.

flitme. See un-flitme.

flītan, st. v. , _to exert one's self, to strive, to emulate_: pres. part.
flītende fealwe strǣte mēarum mǣton (_rode a race_), 917; pret. sg. II.
eart þū se Bēowulf, sē þe wið Brecan . . . ymb sund flite, _art thou the
Bēowulf who once contended with Breca for the prize in swimming? _ 507.

ofer-flītan, _to surpass one in a contest, to conquer, to overcome_: pret.
w. acc. hē þē æt sunde oferflāt (_overcome thee in a swimming-wager_), 517.

ge-flīt, st. n. , _emulation_: acc. sg. lēton on geflīt faran fealwe mēaras,
_let the fallow horses go in emulation_, 866.

floga, w. m. , _flyer_; in the compounds: gūð-, lyft-, ūht-, wid-floga.

flota (see flēotan), w. m. , _float, ship, boat_: nom. sg. , 210, 218, 301;
acc. sg. flotan ēowerne, 294. --Comp. wǣg-flota.

flot-here, st. m. , _fleet_: instr. sg. cwōm faran flotherge on Frēsna land,
2916.

flōd, st. m. , _flood, stream, sea-current_: nom. sg. , 545, 580, 1362, etc. ;
acc. sg. flōd, 3134; ofer fealone flōd, 1951; dat. sg. tō flōde, 1889; gen.
pl. flōda begong, _the region of floods_, i. e. the sea, 1498, 1827; flōda
genipu, 2809.

flōd-ȳð, st. f. , _flood-wave_: instr. pl.