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.
_(held) fast in his antagonist's clutch_, 637; fȳrbendum fæst, _fast in
the forged hinges_, 723; handa fæst, 1291, etc.
Beowulf
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. 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.
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. 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.
