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A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

ANGLO-SAXON DICTIONARY (continued 5)

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eftlōcung f. ‘respectus,’ regard, DR 8615.

eftmyndig remembering, NG.

eftnīwung f. restoration, DR.

eftonfōnd? receiver, NG.

eft-reccan pres. 3 sg. -rehð ‘subdere,’ OEG 5167.

eftryne m. ‘occursus,’ return, VPs 187.

eftscēogian to put one’s shoes on again, CM 687.

eft-selenes, -selnes, -tōselenes f. requital, NG, DR.

eftsittan5 ‘residere,’ ÆGr 1575.

eftsīð † m. journey back, return.

eftsīðgende turning back, retreating, WW 49119.

eftsōna a second time, Mk: soon after, again, likewise, Mt. [‘eftsoon’]

eftspellung f. recapitulation, WW 49124.

eftðercian? (-ðræcan) ‘recalcitrare,’ LkL. (v. ‘thrash’).

eftðingung f. reconciliation, DR 885.

eftwyrd f. judgment day, resurrection day? (or ? adj. future, GK), Ex 539.

eftyrn = eftryne

efulsung = yfelsung

ēg = īeg

ēg- = ǣg-, ēag-, īeg-

eg v. eg-lā-eg.

-ēgan v. on-ē.

egcgung (WW 10412) = ecgung

ege (æ) m. ‘awe,’ fear, terror, dread, Ps, MtL; Æ, AO, CP: overawing influence, Æ: cause of fear, VPs.

egean (WW 45915) = ecgan

egeful ‘awful,’ inspiring or feeling awe, Æ, Bo.

egelāf? f. survivors of a battle, Ex 370 (or ? ēgorlāf, GK).

egelēas fearless, CP. [‘aweless’] adv. -līce, CP.

egelēasnes f. boldness, Bl 8531.

egelic terrible, SPs 757.

egenu f. chaff, husk, WW 4123.

egesa m. awe, fear, horror, peril: monstrous thing, monster: horrible deed, W 2814. [ege]

egesful = egeful

egesfullic terrible. adv. -līce.

egesfulnes f. fearfulness, fear, JPs, LL.

egesgrīma m. terror-mask, ghost.

±egesian1 to frighten, terrify, AO, CP: threaten, OEG 2481.

egesig (eisig) terrible, Sat 36.

egeslic awful, dreadful, terrible, threatening, CP. adv. -līce.

egesung f. threatening, terror.

egeswīn n. a kind of fish, v. NC 284.

egeðe = egðe

egeðgetīgu npl. harrowing implements, LL 455[17].

egewylm m. terrible wave, PPs 10624.

+eggian to egg on, incite, MkL 1511.

ēghw- = ǣghw-

egide I. = ecgede pret. 3 sg. of ecgan.

II. = egðe

egile = egle

egis- = eges-

egiðe = egðe

egl fn? mote, beard, awn, ear (of barley): claw, talon. [Ger. achel]

eg-lā-eg ‘euge!’ BRPs 694.

±eglan tr. (Jud, Lcd) and impers. (LL) to trouble, plague, molest, afflict, Æ, CP. [‘ail’]

egle I. hideous, loathsome, troublesome, grievous, painful, Æ.

II. = egl

eglian = eglan

ēgnan v. on-ē.

ēgnes f. fear, EPs 8841.

egnwirht ‘merx,’ EPs 1263 (= gēnwyrht? BT; āgenwyrht? ES 38·1).

ēgo (NG) = ēage

ēgor n? flood, high tide, WW 38629; 4744.

ēgorhere † m. flood, deluge.

ēgorstrēam † m. sea, ocean.

egs- = eges-

ēgs- = ēges-, īegs-

egðe f. harrow, rake, Gl.

egðere m. harrower.

Egyptisc Egyptian.

eh == eoh

ēh- = ēag-, īeg-, īg-

eher (NG) = ēar

ehhēoloðe = hēahhēoloðe

ehsl = eaxl

eht = æht, eaht

ehta == eahta

±ēhtan to attack, persecute, pursue, harass, Æ, AO, CP: consider, judge, observe. [ōht]

ehtefeald = eahtafeald

ēhtend m. persecutor, AO.

ēhtere m. persecutor, Æ, CP.

ēhtian = ēhtan

ēhtnes f. persecution, Æ, AO, CP.

ēhtre = ēhtere

ēhtung f. persecution, AO 27410.

ehtuwe (Rd 374) = eahta

ēig == īeg

eige = ege

eis- = eges-

el m. the letter l.

el-, ele- (prefix) foreign, strange.

ēl = (1) īl, (2) ǣl

elan = eglan

elboga (Æ) = elnboga

ēlc (NG) = ǣlc

elch = eolh

elcian to put off, delay, Æ.

elciend m. procrastinator, Æ 12166.

elcor adv. else, elsewhere, otherwise, except, besides, BH. [‘elchur’]

elcora, elcra, elcran adv. else, otherwise.

elcung (A) f. delay, Æ.

elcur = elcor

eld == ield

eldor == ealdor

ele m. oil, Lcd; Æ, AO, CP. [‘ele’; L.]

ele- = el-

elebacen cooked in oil.

elebēam m. olive-tree, Æ: elder? privet? EC 379´.

elebēamen of the olive-tree, WW 1287.

elebēamstybb m. stump of an elder, EC 19027.

elebearu m. olive grove, NG.

eleberge f. olive.

eleboga (WW) = elnboga

elebytt f. oil-vessel, chrismatory, WW 43225.

electre = elehtre

eledrosna pl. dregs of oil, Lcd 1·310´.

elefæt n. oil-vessel, ampulla, WW. [‘elvat’]

elegrēofa m. oil-vessel? OEG (v. BT).

elehorn m. oil-flask, WW 4347.

elehtre f. lupine. [L. electrum]

elelēaf n. olive-leaf? Lcd 102b.

elelēast f. lack of oil, GD 4421.

elelendisc strange, foreign. as sb. stranger, exile.

elene = eolone

elesdrosna = eledrosna

elesealf f. oil-salve, nard, HGl 405.

eleseocche f. oil-strainer, WW 15412.

elestybb m. elder-stump. [= ellen-]

eletredde f. oil press, GD.

eletrēow n. olive.

eletrēowen of olive trees.

eletwig n. oleaster, WW 46028.

ēleð m. allodium, freehold, Gu 38. [= ēðel]

elewana m. lack of oil, GD 449.

elfen f. nymph, spirit, WW 35210. [= ielfen]

elfetu = ilfetu

elfremed == ælfremed

elh = eolh

elhygd f. distraction, ecstasy.

ell = el

ell- = el-

ellærn (Cp), ellarn = ellen II. and III.

elland † n. foreign country. [‘eilland’]

elle = ealle

ellefne (An) = endleofan

ellen I. nm. (always n. in †) zeal, strength, courage, B, Bo, Gu. on e. boldly. [‘elne’]

II. n. ‘elder’-tree, Lcd; Mdf.

III. adj. of elder-wood, Lcd.

ellenahse f. elder ash, Lcd 121b. [= asce]

ellencræft m. might, power, PPs 985.

ellendǣd † f. heroic deed.

ellende I. adj. foreign, strange, exiled.

II. n. foreign parts.

ellenga = eallunga

ellengǣst m. powerful demon, B 86.

ellengrāfa m. elder-grove, BC 2·46927.

ellenheard † mighty, brave, bold.

ellenhete m. jealousy, A 11·9826.

ellenlǣca m. champion, combatant, WW.

ellenlēaf n. elder-leaf, Lcd 122a.

ellenlēas wanting in courage, Jul. [‘ellenlaes’]

ellenlic brave, Æ. adv. -līce.

ellenmǣrðu † f. fame of courage.

ellenrind f. elder bark, Lcd.

ellenrōf courageous, powerful, Æ.

ellensēoc mortally wounded, B 2787.

ellensprǣc f. strong speech, Gu 1128.

ellen-stubb, -stybb m. elder stump, Ct.

ellentān m. elder twig, Lcd 116b.

ellentrēow n. elder-tree, Ct.

ellenðrīste heroically bold, Jud 133.

ellenweorc † n. heroic deed.

ellenwōd I. f. zeal, PPs 689.

II. furious, Jul 140: zealous, earnest, OEG 364.

ellenwōdian † to emulate.

ellenwōdnes † f. zeal.

ellenwyrt f. elderwort, dwarf-elder.

ellenwyrttruma m. root of elder, Lcd 101a.

elleoht n. elision of the letter l, OEG 5471.

ellern = ellen II.

elles adv. in another manner, otherwise, Mt; Æ, CP: ‘else,’ besides, Bl, Seaf; Æ, CP: elsewhere, OEG 2252. e. hwǣr, hwergen, hwider elsewhere. e. hwæt anything else, otherwise.

ellnung = elnung

ellor † elsewhere, elsewhither, to some other place. e. londes in another land.

ellorfūs † ready to depart.

ellor-gǣst †, -gāst m. alien spirit.

ellorsīð m. death, B 2451.

ellreord, ellreordig = elreord

ellðēod == elðēod

elm m. ‘elm,’ elm-tree, Lcd. [L. ulmus]

elm- = ælm-

elmboga = elnboga

elmrind f. elm-bark, Lcd.

eln f. fore-arm, ‘ell’ (a foot and a half to two feet), Mt, WW; Æ, AO, CP.

elnboga m. ‘elbow,’ WW (ele-); CP.

elne, elnes ds. and gs. of ellen.

elngemet n. ell-measure, Gen 1309.

±elnian to emulate, be zealous: strengthen, comfort oneself: gain strength, Lcd.

elnung f. comfort, consolation, ÆL 23525: emulation, zeal, Æ.

elone = eolone

elotr, eloðr (Gl) = elehtre

elpan- (VPs), elpen- = elpend-

elpend (y1) m. elephant, AO.

elpendbǣnen (elpan-, ylpen-) of ivory.

elpendbān n. ivory.

elpendtōð m. ivory, WW 39727.

elpent = elpend

elra comp. adj. other, B 753. [*el; Goth. aljis]

el-reord, -reordig of strange speech, barbarous.

elreordignes f. barbarism, Gl.

-els masc. suffix for inanimate things, as in rēcels, wǣfels.

eltst (Æ) = ieldest superl. of eald.

elðēod f. strange people, foreign nation, (in pl.) foreigners, enemies: (pl.) all people, all nations, Cr 1084, 1337: exile, AO.

elðēod-gian, -ian to live abroad, wander as a pilgrim: (+) make strange, disturb, Sc 10619.

elðēodgung = elðēodung

elðēodig foreign, strange, barbarous, hostile, Bo, Met (æl-); AO, CP: exiled. wk. form mp. el-ðēodian, -ðēodigan strangers, foreigners, pilgrims, proselytes. [‘altheodi’]

elðēodige (īo) abroad, LkR 1513.

elðēodiglic (æl-) foreign, strange, born abroad. adv. -līce.

elðēodignes f. foreign travel or residence, pilgrimage, exile, AO.

elðēodisc foreign, strange, Mt 277.

elðēodung f. residence or travel abroad, BH 33218.

elðīd-, elðīed-, elðēod- = elðēod-

eluhtre = elehtre

elwiht = ælwiht

em m? the letter m.

em- = efen-, emn-, ym-, ymb-, ymbe-

ēm- = ǣm-

emb == ymb

embe == ymbe

embeht (NG) == ambiht

embehtian = ambihtan

embiht == ambiht

embren (æ1, i2) n. bucket, pail, Gl. [Ger. eimer]

emdenes, emdemes = endemes

emel = ymel

emer = omer

emleoht n. elision of m before vowels in scanning verse, OEG 5473.

emn == efen

emne = efne

emne- = efn-

emnet n. plain, AO 18622. [efen]

emtwā (on) into two equal parts, in half, Æ.

-en suffix I. diminutive (neut.) as in mægden (from mægð).

II. to form feminines (a) with mutation (gyden, from god). (b) without mutation (ðēowen from ðēow).

III. adjectival, with mutation, denoting material.

ēn- = ān-

end conj. = and

+endadung f. finishing.

ende m. ‘end,’ conclusion, Mt: boundary, border, limit, Ps; Æ, AO, CP: quarter, direction: part, portion, division, AO: district, region, AO: species, kind, class: death. æt (ðǣm) e. finally.

ende-berd-, -bird-, -bred- = endebyrd-

endebyrd f. order, Met 134.

±endebyrdan to put in order, arrange, ordain, dispose, Æ.

endebyrdend m. one who orders or arranges, OEG.

endebyrdes † in an orderly manner, regularly, properly.

endebyrdian = endebyrdan

endebyrdlic ordinal, ÆGr 28214. adv. (±) -līce in an orderly manner, in order, in succession, Æ, CP.

endebyrdnes f. order, succession, series, arrangement, method, rule, Æ, CP: grade, degree, rank, condition, Æ, CP.

endedæg † m. last day, day of death.

endedōgor † mn. last day, death-day.

endefæstend m. finisher, DR 2715.

endefurh f. end-furrow, Ct.

endelāf f. last remnant, last, B 2813.

endelēan † n. final retribution.

endelēas, -lēaslic (Æ) ‘endless,’ boundless, eternal, Bo. adv. -līce, Æ.

endelēasnes f. endlessness, infinity, eternity, ÆGr 11610.

endelīf n. life’s end, death, El 585.

endemann m. man of the world’s (supposed) final age, Æ.

endemes (Æ, CP), endemest adv. equally, likewise, at the same time, together, unanimously: fully, entirely: in procession.

endemest (ænde-) last, MF (Vesp. D xiv).

endemestnes f. extremity (v. MF 157).

ende-nēhst, -nēxt (ī, ȳ) extreme, final, last, Æ.

enderīm m. number, Sat 12.

endesǣta m. border-watchman, B 241.

endespǣc f. epilogue, CM 1166.

endestæf † m. end, conclusion.

endetīma m. end of life, last hour.

endeðrǣst (ænde-) f. end, destruction, GD 3379.

±endian to ‘end,’ finish, Æ: abolish, destroy, JnR, Ps; AO, CP: to come to an end, die, Gu; AO.

endleofan (e2, i2, u2, y2; o3) num. ‘eleven,’ Æ, BH.

endlifangilde entitled to eleven-fold compensation, LL 3[1]; 470[7].

end-lyfta, -leofta, -leofeða ‘eleventh,’ Bl, Mt.

endlyfte in the eleventh place, eleventhly, LL 182[11].

+endodlic finite, Bo 4421.

±endung f. ‘ending,’ end, Mt; CP: (+) death.

endwerc n. pain in the buttocks, Lcd 174a. [wærc]

ened (æ1, i2) mf. drake, duck, Gl. [‘ende’]

enelēac = ynnelēac

ēnetere = ānwintre

ēnga = ānga

enge I. (a, æ) narrow, close, straitened, constrained: vexed, troubled, anxious: oppressive, severe, painful, cruel.

II. (a, o) adv. sadly, anxiously.

+enged troubled, anxious, WW 3577.

engel (æ) m. ‘angel,’ messenger, Mt; Æ, CP. [L. angelus]

Engel = Angel

engelcund angelic, Gu 72.

engelcynn † n. race or order of angels.

engellic angelic, of angels, Æ.

engetrēow = hengetrēow

Englaland n. country of the Angles, ‘England,’ BH.

Englan, Engle mp. the Angles (as opposed to the Saxons): the English generally. [Angel]

englelic = engellic

Englisc ‘English,’ Æ, LL; CP. on E. in (the) English (language), ÆGr, BH, Mt.

Engliscmann m. ‘Englishman,’ LL.

engu † f. narrowness, confinement.

enid = ened

ēnig = ǣnig

ēnitre = ānwintre

enlefan = endlufon

ēnlīpig = ānlīpe

enne-lēac, -lēc = ynnelēac

eno = heonu

ent m. giant, Æ, AO.

entcynn n. race of giants.

entisc of a giant, B 2979.

entse = yndse

ēnwintre = ānwintre

eobor = eofor

eobot = eofot

ēoc = gēoc

ēode I. pret. 3 sg. of gān.

II. = ēowde

eodor † m. hedge, boundary: limit, region, zone: inclosure, fold, dwelling, house: prince, lord.

eodor-brecð f., -brice m. breach of an inclosure, house-breaking, LL.

eodorcan to chew, ruminate, BH 3462. [= edrocian]

eodorgong (eder-) m. begging? (GK) robbery? (Liebermann), Cr 1676.

eodorwīr m. wire fence, Rd 182.

eodur = eodor

eofel = yfel

eofer == eofor

eofera = eafora

eofermodig = ofermodig

eofet = eofot

eofne = efne

eofole f? danewort, endive? Lcd.

eofon = heofon

eofor (e1, ea1, e2) m. boar, wild boar, Lcd, Ps: boar-image on a helmet. [‘ever’]

eofora = eafora

eoforcumbol n. boar-image on a helmet? boar-shaped ensign? El 76; 259.

eoforfearn (e1) n. a kind of fern, polypody, Lcd, WW. [‘everfern’]

eoforheafodsegn (ea1) n. banner with a boar’s head design? B 2152.

eoforlīc m. boar-image (on a helmet), B 303.

eoforspere (u2) n. boar-spear, OEG 756.

eoforsprēot n. boar-spear, Gl.

eoforswīn n. boar, Lcd 98b.

eoforðring m. (boar-throng), the constellation Orion.

eoforðrote f. carline thistle, Lcd.

±eofot n. crime, sin, guilt.

eofoð = eafoð

eoful- (A) = yfel-

eofur (VPs) = eofor

eofut (NG) = eofot

ēogor = ēgor

eogoð = geoguð

eoh † nm., gs. ēos war-horse, charger: name of the rune for e. [Goth. aihwa]

ēoh † [= īw] m. yew-tree: name of the rune for ēo.

eola, eolc == eolh

eoldran = ieldran

eolene = eolone

ēoles gs. of eolh.

eolet n. voyage? (Cosijn), B 224.

eolh m. [g. ēoles] elk.

eolh-sand (-sang, HGl 431) n. amber, Gl.

eolhsecg (eolhx-, eolx-, ilug-) m. ‘papyrus,’ reed, sedge, Gl: name of a rune, Run 15.

eolhstede = ealhstede

eolone f. elecampane.

eoloð = ealað (v. ealu)

eolxsecg = eolhsecg

eom I. v. wesan.

II. = heom, him dp. of hē, hēo, hit

eond == geond

eonde ?= ende (but v. JAW 31)

eonu = heonu

eor- = ear-, ier-

ēor- = ēar-

eorcnanstān, eorc(l)anstān m. precious stone. [Goth. -airkns]

ēored (o2) nf. troop, band, legion, company. [eoh, rād]

ēoredcist (o2, ie3, e3, y3) † f. troop, company.

ēoredgeatwe fpl. military apparel, B 2866.

ēoredgerīd n. troop of horsemen, WW 2291.

ēoredhēap m. troop, host, DD 113.

ēoredmæcg m. horseman, Rd 233.

ēoredmann m. trooper, horseman, BH, WW.

ēoredmenigu f. legion, Gd.

ēoredðrēat m. troop, host, Rd 449.

ēored-weorod, -wered n. band, company, GD 716.

eorl m. ‘earl,’ nobleman (origly. a Danish title = the native ‘ealdorman’), Ct, LL, Ma: (†) brave man, warrior, leader, chief, Cr, Gen, Rd: man.

eorlcund noble, LL.

eorldōm m. earldom, rank of an earl, Chr.

eorlgebyrd † f. noble birth.

eorlgestrēon † n. treasure, wealth.

eorlgewǣde n. armour, B 1442.

eorlic (1) = ierlic; (2) eorllic

eorlisc of noble rank, LL 173.

eorllic chivalrous, manly.

eorlmægen † n. band of noble warriors.

eorlriht n. earl’s right, LL 458[5].

eorlscipe † m. manliness, courage.

eorlweorod n. host of noble warriors, B 2893.

eormencynn (y1) † n. mankind.

eormengrund n. wide world, B 859.

eormenlāf f. huge legacy, B 2234.

eormenstrȳnd f. race, generation, Sol 329.

eormenðēod (y1) f. mighty people, Men 139.

eorn- = georn-

eornes f. anger, Bl 1238; HL.

eornest == eornost

eornost f. earnestness, zeal, Æ, CP. on eornost(e) in earnest, earnestly, truly: seriousness, W: battle. [‘earnest’]

eornoste (e2) I. ‘earnest,’ zealous, serious, Æ.

II. adv. earnestly, seriously, courageously: fiercely.

eornostlīce I. adv. ‘earnestly,’ strictly, truly, in truth, indeed, Mt, LL.

II. conj. therefore, but.

eornust == eornost

ēorod == ēored

eorð = eorðe, heorð

eorð-æppel m. nap. -æppla ‘earth-apple,’ cucumber, Æ: ‘mandragora,’ WW.

eorðærn (e2) n. earth-house, grave.

eorðbeofung (i2) f. earthquake, AO.

eorðberge f. strawberry, WW 2426. [berie; Ger. erdbeere]

eorðbīgenga m. earth-dweller, BH 26831.

eorðbīgennes f. agriculture, WW 14421.

eorðbrycg f. bridge of poles covered with earth, BC 3·22321.

eorð-būend †, -būg(ig)end m. earth-dweller, man, Æ.

eorðburh = eorðbyrig

eorðbyfung = eorðbeofung

eorðbyrgen f. grave, NC 284.

eorðbyrig f. earthwork, mound, embankment, road.

eorðcafer m. cockchafer, WW 12216. [ceafor]

eorð-cenned, -cend earth-born, Ps.

eorðcræft m. geometry, OEG 3119.

eorð-crypel, -cryppel m. paralytic, palsied man, NG.

eorðcund, eorðcundlic (CP) sprung from the earth, earthly.

eorðcyning m. earthly king, king of the country.

eorðcynn n. human race, Ex 370.

eorðdenu f. valley, NC 284.

eorðdraca ‡ m. dragon that lives in the earth.

eorðdyne m. earthquake, Chr 1060. [‘earth-din’]

eorðe f. ground, soil, Æ, B, LkL; AO, CP: ‘earth,’ mould, Gu: world, Æ, B, Mt: country, land, district, Jn.

eorðen adj. of or in the earth, OEG 3312?

eorðern = eorðærn

eorðfæst ‘earthfast,’ firm in the earth, Æ.

eorðfæt n. earthly vessel, body, Soul 8.

eorð-gealla, -galla m. earth-gall, lesser centaury.

eorðge-byrst, -berst n. landslip, Ct.

eorðgemǣre n. boundary of the earth, PPs 2125.

eorðgemet n. geometry, Gl.

eorðgesceaft f. earthly creature, Met 20194.

eorðgræf n. hole in the earth, Rd 599.

eorðgrāp f. earth’s embrace, Ruin 6.

eorðhele m. a covering of the ground.

eorðhrērnes f. earthquake, Bl, NG.

eorðhūs n. cave-dwelling, den.

eorðifig (y2) n. ground ivy, Lcd 1·212.

eorðlic ‘earthly,’ worldly, Bl, Mt; Æ. adv. -līce.

eorðling = yrðling

eorðmægen n. earthly power, Rim 69.

eorð-mata [-maða?] m. ‘vermis,’ worm, Gl.

eorðmistel m. basil (plant), Lcd 33a.

eorðnafela m. asparagus, Lcd.

eorðnutu f. ‘earth-nut,’ pig-nut, Ct. [hnutu]

eorðreced n. cave-dwelling, B 2719.

eorðrest f. bed laid on the ground, WW 36211.

eorðrīce † n. earthly kingdom, earth.

eorðrima m. a plant, Lcd 120a.

eorðscræf n. ds. -scrafe cave-dwelling, cavern, CP: sepulchre.

eorðsele † m. cave-dwelling.

eorðslihtes close to the ground, Æ.

eorðstede m. earth, PPs 737.

eorðstirung = eorðstyrung

eorð-styren (GD), -styrennes (NG), -styrung (Æ) f. earthquake.

eorðtilia m. ‘earth-tiller,’ husbandman, farmer, W 30531.

eorðtilð f. ‘earth-tilth,’ agriculture, WW.

eorðtūdor n. human race, PPs 11722.

eorðtyrewe f. earth-tar, bitumen, AO 7417.

eorðu (N) = eorðe

eorðwæstm f. fruit of the earth.

eorð-waran (CP), -ware mpl., -waru fpl. earth-dwellers, AO. [‘earthware’]

eorðweall m. earth-wall, mound.

eorðweard m. region of earth, B 2334.

eorðweg † m. earth.

eorðwela m. wealth: fertility, AO.

eorðweorc n. work on the land.

eorðwerod n. inhabitants of earth, W 2521; 2035.

eorðwestm = eorðwæstm

eorðyfig = eorðifig

ēorwicga = ēarwicga

ēos gs. of eoh.

eosel, eosol = esol

eosele f. she-ass, Bl.

ēost- = ēast-

eosul = esol

eotan (VPs) = etan

Eotas = Eotenas

eoten † m. giant, monster, enemy. [ON. iotonn]

Eotenas mpl. Jutes.

eotend (= etend) voracious, gluttonous, WW 3968; 5236.

eotenisc gigantic, B. [‘etenish’]

Eotolware mp. Italians, BH 10811.

ēoton = ǣton pret. pl. of etan.

eotonisc = eotenisc

eotonweard f. watch against monsters? B 668.

ēoðe (N) = ēaðe

ēow I. dat. of gē pers. pron. to you, you.

II. interj. wo! alas!

III. = gīw

IV. = īw

V. m. sheep.

ēowā = ēow II.

ēowan = īewan

ēowberge = īwberge

ēowcig = ēowocig

ēowd f. sheepfold, Æ: flock, herd, Æ.

ēowde n. flock (of sheep), herd, Æ.

ēowdescēap n. sheep of the flock, PPs 6414.

ēowe I. gs. of ēowu.

II. = ēwe

ēowed = ēowd

ēowede = ēowde

ēowende (dat.) ‘testiculis,’ LL 64[25,1].

ēower I. gp. of gē pers. pron. (2nd pers.).

II. possess. pron. your, yours.

ēowerlendisc of your land, ‘vestras,’ ÆGr 941.

ēowestre m. sheepfold.

ēowian = īewan

ēowic acc. pl. of ðū (v. gē).

ēowistre = ēowestre

ēowocig of a ewe, ewe’s, Lcd 16a.

ēowod = ēowd

ēowode = ēowde

ēowohumele f. female hop-plant, Lcd.

ēowomeoluc f. ewe’s milk, Lcd 70a.

ēowu f. ‘ewe,’ Æ, LL.

ēowunga = ēawunga

epistol m. letter.

epl, eppel = æppel

eppan = yppan

ēr = (1) ǣr, (2) ȳr, (3) ēar I.

er- = ær-, ear-, ier-, yr-

ēr- = ǣr-, ēar-

erce == arce

ercnastān (NG) = eorcnanstān

eretic heretical. [L.]

erian, erigean to plough, Æ, Bo, Lk; CP. [‘ear’]

erinaces pl. hedgehogs, PPs 10317.

eringland n. arable land, Ct.

eriung f. ploughing, WW 1046.

ernð (æ) f. crop of corn, BH 4423c.

ersc m? stubble-field, EC 282´; 290´.

erschen f. quail, Æ, WW.

ēsa v. ōs.

ēsceap = ǣsceap

esl = eaxl

esne m. labourer, slave, servant, retainer: youth, man, CP. [Goth. asneis]

esnecund of a labourer, WW 21244.

esnemon (æ1) m. hireling, JnR 1013.

esnewyrhta m. mercenary, hireling.

esnlīce like a man, manfully, Æ, CP.

esol mf. ass, CP. [L. asellus]

ess m. name of the letter s.

essian to waste away, RPs 118139.

ēst mf. favour, grace, bounty, kindness, love, An, B: harmony, consent: (in pl.) delicacies, WW; Æ. [‘eate’]

ēstan (w. d.) to live luxuriously, W 19017.

ēstan = ēastan

ēste gracious, liberal, B, Gen. [‘este’]

ēstelic kind, gracious, EPs 6817: delicate, dainty (of food), MF (Vesp. D xiv). adv. -līce, CP.

ēstful gracious, devoted, devout, Æ: fond of luxuries, WW 21818,19. [‘estfull’] adv. -līce.

ēstfulnes f. devotion, zeal, CP: luxury, lechery.

ēstgeorn delicate, fond of luxuries, WW 21818.

ēstig gracious, liberal, Pa 16.

ēstines f. benignity, EPs 6412.

ēstlic == ēstelic

ēstmete m. dainty, delicacy, luxury, Æ.

-estre = f. agent, as in wītegestre, prophetess.

ēstum freely, willingly, gladly.

esul = esol

esulcweorn f. mill-stone turned by an ass, CP 3117.

ēswic == ǣswic

et I. = æt prep.

II. pres. 3 sg. of etan.

et- = æt-, ed-

ēt (NG) == æt

±etan5 (ea, eo) to ‘eat,’ Æ, AO, Jn: devour, consume, Jn; CP: (reflex.) provision oneself: (+) eat together.

etelond n. pasture land, KC 2·9514.

etemest = ytemest

eten = eoten

etend m. eater, glutton.

etenlǣs f. pasture, LL 452[20].

etol (ettul) voracious.

etonisc (B) = eotenisc

etsomne = ætsamne

etst = itst pres. 2 sg. of etan.

ettan to graze, pasture land, AO 1825.

ettulnes f. greediness, gluttony, Sc 556.

ēð I. comp. adv. more easily.

II. = ȳð

eð- = æð-, ed-

ēð- = ǣð-, ēað-, īð-, ȳð-

eðcwide (Gl) = edcwide

ēðe † barren, waste, desolate. [Ger. öde]

ēðel (oe, N) mn. gs. ēðles country, native land, home, Lk, Met; CP. †hwǣles ē. the sea, Chr 975a: name of the rune for œ. [‘ethel’]

ēðelboda m. land’s apostle, native preacher, Gu 976.

ēðelcyning m. king of the land, Cr 997.

ēðeldrēam m. domestic joy, Gen 1607.

ēðeleard † m. native dwelling.

ēðelfæsten † n. fortress.

ēðelland † n. fatherland, country.

ēðellēas † homeless, exiled.

ēðelmearc † f. boundary of one’s country, territory.

ēðelrīce † n. native country.

ēðelriht † n. hereditary right.

ēðel-seld †, -setl † n. settlement.

ēðelstæf (ul, yl) m. heir, successor.

ēðelstaðol † m. settlement.

ēðelstōl † m. hereditary seat, habitation: royal city, chief city.

ēðelstōw † f. dwelling-place.

ēðelturf † f. (ds. -tyrf) fatherland.

ēðelðrymm ‡ m. glory of one’s own land.

ēðelweard † m. lord of the realm, man.

ēðelwynn † f. joy of ownership.

ēðgung f. breath, breathing, inspiration: hard breathing, RB 683.

±ēðian to breathe, GD: smell. [‘ethe’]

ēðr (N) = ǣdr, ǣdre

eðða (MtR) = oððe

ēðung I. f. laying waste, destroying, Gl. [ēðe, īðan]

II. = ēðgung

eðwilte easily turned, OEG 1151.

ēuwā interj. woe! Gl.

ēw- = ǣw-, ēaw-, ēow-

ēwe = ēowu

ex, exe f. brain, Lcd (v. A 30·129).

ex == eax

exen v. oxa.

exlistealla ?= eaxlgestealla

exorcista m. exorcist, ÆL 31141.

F

fā v. fāh I.

faca gp. of fæc.

fācen n. nap. fācnu deceit, fraud, treachery, sin, evil, wickedness, crime, Mt, LL; Æ, AO: blemish, fault (in an object), LL 114[56]; 398[9]. [‘faken’]

fācendǣd f. sin, crime, PPs 11853.

fācen-ful, -fullic deceitful, crafty.

fācengecwis f. conspiracy, WW.

fācengeswipere n. deceit, PPs 823.

fācenlēas guileless: pure, NG.

fācenlic deceitful, RB 9512,15. adv. -līce, Æ. [‘faken’]

fācensearu † n. treachery.

fācenstafas mp. treachery, deceit, B 1018.

fācentācen n. deceitful token, Cr 1566.

facg m. plaice? loach? WW 18032.

fācian to try to obtain, get, AO 1527.

fācn == fācen

fācne = fǣcne

facum dp. of fæc.

±fadian to arrange, dispose, guide, Æ.

fadiend m. manager, OEG 56308.

±fadung f. arrangement, order, disposition, dispensation, rule, dominion, Æ.

fadur (A) = fæder

fæc (e) n. space of time, while, division, interval, Lk; Æ, CP: period of five years, lustrum, WW 43116. [‘fec’; Ger. fach]

fæccan = feccan

fæcele (e1) f. torch, WW. [Ger. fackel]

fǣcenlīce = fācenlīce

fæcful spacious, Sc 1855.

fæcile (Gl) = fæcele

fǣcne I. deceitful, treacherous, Ps: vile, worthless.

II. adv. deceitfully, maliciously, disgracefully: (†) exceedingly. [‘faken’]

fǣcnig ‘dolosus?’ RPs 7218 (or ? fǣcnigung ‘dolus,’ ES 38·13).

+fæd orderly, well-conducted, LL: calm, composed, W 5124. [fadian]

fǣd- = fēd-

fæder (e1) m. usu. indecl. in sg. ‘father,’ Æ, VPs; AO, CP: male ancestor, LkL, Mt: the Father, God, Jn, Mt, VPs: (in pl.) parents, Æ. eald f. grandfather. ðridda, fēowerða f. etc. great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, etc.

fædera (e1) m. paternal uncle, AO. [cp. Ger. vetter]

+fædera m. godfather (in his relation to the father), Æ. [Ger. gevatter]

fæderæðelo † npl. patrimony: paternal kinship.

fæderen paternal.

+fæderen born of the same father, AO 11414.

fæderenbrōðor m. brother (from the same father).

fæderencnōsl (fædren-) n. father’s kin, LL 54[9].

fæderencynn n. father’s kin.

fæderenhealf f. father’s side, Chr 887a.

fæderenmǣg m. paternal kinsman, Chr 887e.

fæderenmǣgð f. paternal kindred, LL 392[3].

fæderēðel m. fatherland, AO.

fæderfeoh n. dowry paid by the father of the bride, LL.

fædergeard m. father’s dwelling, Gen 1053.

fædergestrēon n. patrimony, Gl.

fæderhīwisc n? ‘paterfamilias,’ NG.

fæderingmǣg = fæderenmǣg

fæderland n. paternal land, inheritance, Chr 1101.

fæderlēas fatherless, W.

fæderlic ‘fatherly,’ paternal, ancestral, El. adv. -līce.

+fædlic fit, suitable, proper. adv. -līce: orderly, quietly: craftily, CPs 824. [fadian]

fædern- = fæderen-

fæderslaga m. parricide, WW.

fæderswica m. traitor to one’s father, ÆL 19224.

fædm = fæðm

fædr- = fæder-

+fædrian to have the same father, AO.

fǣfne (LkR 129) = fǣmne

+fæg beloved, B 915. [OHG. gifag]

-fǣgan v. ā-f.

fǣge ‘fey,’ doomed (to death), fated, destined, An, B, Ma: dead: unhappy, accursed, Cr: feeble, cowardly, Gu. [Ger. feige]

±fægen (w. g.) ‘fain,’ glad, joyful, rejoicing, B, Bo; AO.

fægenian = fægnian

fægennes f. joy, NC 285.

fæger (ǣ) I. ‘fair,’ lovely, beautiful, Bo, Gen; AO, CP: pleasant, agreeable, Ex: attractive, Gen; Æ.

II. f. beauty, Bo.

fæger- = fægr-

fægerlīce splendidly, LkL 1619.

fægernes f. ‘fairness,’ beauty, LPs, Sc; Æ.

fægerwyrde smooth-speaking, FT 12.

fægn = fægen

fægnes f. diversity, LPs 4415.

±fægnian (a) (w. g. etc.) to rejoice, be glad, exult, Bo, Met: fawn, Æ: applaud. [‘fain’]

±fægnung f. rejoicing, ELSPs.

+fǣgon pret. pl. of +fēon.

fægre (ǣ) fairly, elegantly, beautifully, Æ: pleasantly, softly, gently, kindly, Gen, Men: well, justly: early, LkR 241 (e). [‘fair’]

±fægrian to become beautiful: adorn, decorate.

fǣgð? f. imminent death, An 284 (GK).

fǣhan = fēgan II.

fæht = feoht

fǣhð f. hostility, enmity, violence, revenge, vendetta, AO. [fāh; cp. Ger. fehde]

fǣhðbōt f. payment for engaging in a feud, LL 266[25]; 286[5,2d].

fǣhðe, fǣhðo, fǣhðu = fǣhð

fæl- = feal-, fel-, fyl-

fǣlǣcan = fālǣcan

fǣle † I. faithful, trusty, good, Ps: dear, beloved. [‘fele’]

II. adv. truly, well, pleasantly.

±fǣlsian to expiate, condition, cleanse, purify: (+) pass through.

fǣman to ‘foam,’ MkL. [fām]

fǣmhādlic = fǣmnhādlic

fǣmig = fāmig

fǣmnanhād = fǣmnhād

fǣmne (ē) f. maid, virgin, bride, Æ: (+) woman: virago.

fǣmne(n)dlic (GD) = fǣmnhādlic

fǣmnhād m. virginity, maidenhood, AO.

fǣmnhādesmon m. virgin, RB 13624.

fǣmnhādlic (OEG), fǣmn(en)lic maidenly, virginal.

fæn == fen

fær I. n. (? also f.) nap. faru (±) way, journey, passage, expedition, A, Lk. mannes f. highway, ÆL 25441: proceedings, life, Æ: movable possessions, means of subsistence, HL: ark, ship. [‘fare’]

II. aspect? Met 314.

fǣr (ē) I. m. sudden danger, peril, B, Ex: sudden attack: marvel? Bl 19924. [‘fear’]

II. = fēfer

III. = fæger

fær- = far-, fer-, fear-, feor-, fier-, for-

fǣr- prefix = (1) sudden, fearful; (2) fēr-

fǣrærning f. quick marching, GD 1424.

fǣran to frighten, Æ; CP: raven, MtL 715 (ē). [‘fear’]

fǣrbena m. peasant, small-holder? (Lieb.), LL 383[50].

fǣrbifongen beset by dangers, B 2009.

fǣrblǣd (ē1) m. sudden blast (of wind), Jul 649.

fǣrbryne m. scorching heat, Ex 72.

fǣrclamm (ē) m. sudden seizure, Ex 119.

fǣrcoðu f. apoplexy, Lcd.

fǣrcwealm m. sudden pestilence.

fǣrcyle m. intense cold, Gen 43.

fǣrdēað m. sudden death, WW 35119.

fǣrdryre m. sudden fall, Cra 48.

fǣredlic (Æ) = fǣrlic

færeht = færriht

færeld (a1) nm. way, journey, passage, expedition, Æ, AO, CP: retinue, company, AO: course of life, conduct, Æ: progress, power of locomotion, Æ: the Passover.

færeldfrēols m. passover feast.

færelt (AO, CP) = færeld

færennes = færnes

færeð pres. 3 sg. of faran.

færfrīg without passage-money, Kl.

fǣrfyll (on) headlong, WW 4268.

fǣrgripe † m. sudden grip.

fǣrgryre † m. awful horror.

fǣrhaga m. hedge of terrors, Gu 933.

fǣringa (ē) suddenly, unexpectedly, quickly, forthwith, by chance, Lk; Æ, CP. [‘feringe’]

fǣrlic sudden, unexpected, AO, WW; Æ, CP. adv. -līce, Lk. [‘ferly’]

færnes f. passage, traffic, BH, MtR.

fǣrnīð m. hostile attack, B 476.

fǣrrǣs m. sudden rush, LkL 833.

fǣrrǣsende (ē1) ‘repentia,’ DR 12516.

færriht n. passage-money, ÆL 23b352.

færsceatt m. passage-money, fare, Andr.

fǣrsceaða m. enemy, Ma 142.

fǣrscyte m. sudden shot, Cr 766.

fǣrsearo n. sudden artifice, Cr 770.

fǣrsēað m. deep pit, WW 1936.

fǣrslide m. sudden fall, PPs 1148.

fǣrspell † n. dreadful tidings.

færst pres. 2 sg. of faran.

fǣrstice m. sudden stitch (pain).

fǣrstylt m? amazement, LkL 526.

fǣrswīge f. amazement, MkL 542 (ē).

færð I. = ferð

II. = pres. 3 sg. of faran.

fǣrunga, fǣrunge (Æ) = fǣringa

fǣruntrymnes f. sudden sickness, Lcd 107b.

fǣrwundor n. terrible wonder, Ex 279.

fæs (a, ea) n. fringe, border, MtL. [‘fas’]

fǣsceaftnes = fēasceaftnes

fæsl † n? seed, offspring, progeny.

fæsnian = fæstnian

fæst I. ‘fast,’ fixed, firm, secure, steadfast, strong, BH, Bo, Lcd: stiff, heavy, dense, Lcd; Æ, AO, CP: made strong, fortified, BH; Æ: religious, Christian (book).

II. (Gu 192) = fæsten

±fæstan to fasten, make firm, ratify, establish, MkL, LkL: entrust, commit: ‘fast’ (‘i-fast’), abstain from food, A, Bl, Lcd; CP: atone for (by fasting), Da 592.

fæste (e) ‘fast,’ firmly, securely, BH, Bo; Æ: straitly, strictly: heavily (sleep).

fæsten n. fastness, stronghold, fortress, AO, CP: cloister, Æ: (±) fast (abstinence from food) Bl, LL, Mt, VPs; CP: firmament, sky. [‘fasten’]

fæstenbehæfednes f. parsimony, WW 50410.

fæstenbryce m. breach of fast, LL, W.

fæstendæg m. fast-day, RB, W.

fæstendīc m. fort-ditch, moat, Ct.

fæstengangol = fæstgangol

fæstengeat n. castle-gate, Jud 162.

fæstengeweorc n. liability for repair of the defences of a town.

fæst-enlic, -ernlic quadragesimal, DR.

fæstennes = fæstnes

fæstentīd f. fast, LL.

fæstenwuce f. week of fasting, ÆL 23b111.

fǣstermōdor = fōstormōdor

fæstern n. fast: Quadragesima, LG.

fæstes by chance, WW.

fæstgangol (o2, e3) steady, faithful, Cra 80.

fæsthafol retentive, tenacious, Æ: sparing, miserly, CP.

fæsthafolnes f. economy, CP 45328.

fæstheald firmly fixed, ÆL 23423.

fæsthȳdig † constant, steadfast.

±fæstian (ea) to commend, entrust, commit, LkL.

fæsting f. commendation, trust, guardianship, GD 23915; LL 58[7].

fæstingan = fæstnian

fæstingmann m. a kind of retainer, EC.

fæstlic firm, fixed, steadfast, resolute. adv. -līce (+ in AS) fixedly, steadily, constantly, Bo: unceasingly, Æ, Bl: verily, but, NG. [‘fastly’]

fæstmōd constant in mind, AO 28817.

fæstnes f. firmness, massiveness, stability, Bo: ‘fastness,’ stronghold, Æ: firmament, Æ.

fæstnian to ‘fasten,’ fix, secure, bind, An: confirm, ratify, conclude (peace), Ma, OET: betroth.

±fæstnung f. fastening, bond: security, safety: protection, shelter: ratification, pledge, engagement: exhortation, MkL p25: monument, MtL p54; Mk 55.

fæstrǣd firm, constant, steadfast, B, Bo; CP, Æ. [‘fastrede’]

fæstrǣdlic constant, steadfast, Bo 2021. adv. -līce.

fæstrǣdnes f. constancy, fortitude, Bo.

fæststeall standing firmly.

fæsð = fæst

fæt n. nap. fatu vat, vessel, jar, cup, Æ, B, JnL; AO, CP: casket, El 1026. [‘fat’]

fǣt I. † n. plate, beaten out metal (especially gold), gold ornament.

II. = fǣtt I.

±fǣtan to cram, put (in), load, CP.

fǣted I. † ornamented with gold. [cp. Goth. fētjan]

II. = fǣtt

fǣtedhlēor with cheek ornaments, B 1026.

fǣtedsinc n. beaten gold, An 478.

fǣtels, fǣtel m. vessel, AO, Lcd; Æ: pouch, bag, sack, Æ, CP. [‘fetles’]

fætelsian = fetelsian

fǣtelsian to put into a vessel.

fætfyllere (e2) m. cupbearer, GD.

fǣtgold n. beaten gold, B 1921.

fǣthengest m. riding horse, Rd 2314.

fætian = fetian

fǣtnes f. ‘fatness,’ Ps; Æ, CP: the richest part of anything, Ps.

+fǣtnian = +fǣttian

fǣtt I. (ē) fat, fatted, Æ, AO, Lk.

II. = fǣted

fǣttian (+) to become fat, Ps: (+) anoint, Ps: fatten. [‘fat’]

+fættig fat, rich, CPs 194.

fǣðe = fēðe

fæðelas ‘histriones’? v. OEG 392.

fæðer = feðer

fæðm (e) mf. outstretched or encircling arms, embrace, grasp, An, Rd: protection: interior, bosom, lap, breast, womb: ‘fathom,’ cubit, Æ, Cp, WW; Æ: power, B, Cr: expanse, surface.

fæðman, fæðmian to surround, envelop, clasp, embrace, An, B. [‘fathom’]

fæðmlic embracing, enclosing, WW 4866.

-fæðmnes v. on-f.

fæðmrīm n. fathom, cubit, Ph 29.

fæx = feax

fæxnes = feaxnes

fæxtælg? m. pomade, Cp 379f? (v. AB 6·163).

fāg I. variegated, spotted, dappled, stained, dyed, Lcd: shining, gleaming, Ps. [‘faw’]

II. = fāh I.

fāg- = fāh-

fage f. (WW 94) = facg

fagen = fægen

fagen- = fægn-

fāgettan to change colour, Lcd 3·24023. mid wordum f. speak evasively.

fāgetung f. change, ÆH 2·53833.

±fāgian to change, vary in colour: embroider, RB 1378.

fāgnes f. scab, ulcer, eruption, Æ: various colours, brilliancy, HL: ‘qualitas,’ ‘varietas,’ OEG.

fagnian = fægnian

fāgung f. variety, DR, GD.

fāgwyrm m. basilisk, VPs 9013.

fāh I. nap. fā hostile, B: (±) proscribed, outlawed, guilty, criminal, B. [‘foe’; fēogan]

II. (±) m. ‘foe,’ enemy, LL; Æ, AO.

III. == fāg I.

fahame (= fēa-, fēorh-hama?) womb, WW 4028.

±fāhmann m. ‘foeman,’ LL 50[5].

fahnian = fægnian

fala I. (WW 5211) ?d. of *fealh tube, pipe (ES 38·337).

II. = fela

fālǣcan to be at enmity with, show hostility to, LL 160[20,7].

fal-d, -æd, -od, -ud m. ‘fold,’ stall, stable, cattle-pen, A, Gl, Jn.

fald- (N) = feald-

faldgang m. going to the (sheep-) fold, W 17020e.

faldhrīðer n. stalled ox, MF 158.

faldian to make a fold, hurdle off sheep, LL 454[9]. [‘fold’]

falew- = feal(e)w-

fall- (VPs; NG) = feall-

falod = fald

fals I. adj. false, W 2724.

II. n. falsehood, fraud, counterfeit. [late; from L.]

falðing mass, load, WW 338.

falu = fealu

falud = fald

fām n. ‘foam,’ BH, Ep; Æ.

fāmbig = fāmig

fāmblāwende v. līg-f.

fāmgian to foam, boil, Ex 481.

fāmig (ǣ) ‘foamy,’ Rd.

fāmigbord with foaming banks (of a stream), Met 2626.

fāmigbōsm with foamy bosom, Ex 493.

fāmigheals † foamy-necked.

fana m. banner, standard, Met; OEG. [‘fane’; Ger. fahne]

+fāna gp. of +fā.

fanbyrde standard-bearing, v. OEG 1744.

fand pret. 3 sg. of findan.

fandere m. tempter, Sc 2064.

±fandian (often w. g., but also d. and a.) to try, attempt, tempt, test, examine, explore, search out, AO, Gen, Mk, Run; CP. [‘fand,’ ‘fond’; findan]

fandung f. investigation, trial, temptation, test, proof, Æ, CP.

fane I. f. (NG, o1) = fann

II. = fanu

fang m. plunder, booty, Chr 1016. [fōn]

fangen pp. of fōn.

+fangian to join, fasten, Bo 9614.

fann f. winnowing, ‘fan,’ Cp, Lk, LL. [L. vannus]

fannian to ‘fan,’ Sc 186117.

fant (o) m. ‘font,’ Æ: baptismal water, HL 15293.

fantbæð n. baptismal water, laver of baptism, Æ.

fantbletsung f. consecration of water for baptism, ÆP 18812.

fantfæt n. baptismal font, Æ.

fanthālgung (o) f. consecration at the font, W 362.

fanthālig holy from connection with the font, Lcd 140b.

fantwæter n. ‘font-water,’ water used at baptism, laver of baptism, Lcd (o); Æ.

fanu f. standard: iris (plant).

fāra gp. of fāh I.

+fara m. travelling companion, comrade.

±faran6 to set forth, go, travel, wander, proceed, Bl, Gen, JnL; AO, CP: be, happen, exist, act, ‘fare’ (‘i-fare’), get on, undergo, suffer, Æ: (+) die, AO, CP: (+) attack, overcome, capture, obtain, AO.

farað- = faroð-

fareld = færeld

fareð- = faroð-

Fariseisc of or belonging to the Pharisees, OEG, WG.

farm = feorm

faroð † m. shore: stream.

faroðhengest (ea1) m. sea-horse, ship, El 226.

faroðlācende † swimming, sailing. as sb. sailors.

faroðrīdende sailing, An 440.

faroðstrǣt † f. path of the sea.

faru f. way, going, journey, course, Æ: expedition, march: procession, retinue, companions: life, proceedings, adventures, Æ: movable possessions.

fas- = fæs-

fatian (NG) = fetian

fatu v. fæt.

faðe, faðu f. father’s sister, paternal aunt.

faðusunu m. father’s sister’s son, Chr 1119.

faul m? evil spirit, Lcd 43a.

fēa I. (±) m. joy, AO, CP.

II. n. = feoh

III. (fēawa) adj. nap. fēawe, superl. fēawost, fēast ‘few,’ B, BH, Chr, Mt. fēawum sīðum seldom. adv. even a little, at all.

feadur (A) = fæder

+fēagan (NG) = +fēon

feah = feoh

±feaht I. pret. 3 sg. of feohtan.

II. = feoht

feal- = fel-

+feald n. region, abode? Wald 210.

±fealdan7 to ‘fold,’ wrap up, furl, Æ, Bo, Rd.

fealdestōl (y) m. folding-stool.

feale, fealewes v. fealu.

fealewian = fealwian

fealfor = felofor

fealg pret. 3 sg. of fēolan.

fealga v. fealh.

fealgian to fallow, LL 454[9] (v. A 36·71).

fealh I. f. nap. fealga fallow. [Ger. falge]

II. (e) f. ‘felloe,’ felly (of a wheel), Bo.

III. pret. 3 sg. of fēolan.

IV. v. fala.

+fēalic joyous, pleasant. adv. -līce joyously, W 28416.

feall = fiell

feallan7 (±) to ‘fall’ (‘i-falle’), fall headlong, fail, decay, die, B, Ps; AO, CP. on f. fall on, attack: flow, AO 1918: (+) overthrow, DR 1156 (æ).

fealle f. snare, trap, OEG.

feall-endlic, -enlic unstable, perishable, transient, Bl, W.

fealletian ‘concidere,’ MkLR 55 (a1).

-feallung v. feax-f.

+fealnis f. ruin, LkL 234 (æ).

fealo = (1) fealu; (2) fela

fēalōg w. g. destitute, Gu 217.

fealohilte yellow-hilted, Ma 166.

fealu I. (feale) adj. gsm. feal(e)wes, fealuwes fallow, yellow, tawny, dun-coloured, grey, dusky, dark, Æ. [Ger. fahl]

II. n. fallow ground, E 179´.

fealuwian = fealwian

fealwes v. fealu.

fealwian to become ‘fallow,’ fade, wither, Sol: grow yellow, ripen.

fēanes f. ‘fewness,’ paucity, BH, Ps.

fear = fearr

fēar = fearh

fēara gen. of fēa.

fearh (æ, e) m. gs. fēares little pig, hog, Gl. [cp. Ger. ferkel]

fearhhama m. little stem, WW 1615.

fearhrȳðer n. bull, Bl. [fearr]

+fearhsugu f. sow in farrow, WW.

fearlic of a bull, OEG 11187.

fēarlic = fǣrlic

fearm m. freight, cargo, Gen 1394.

fearn n. ‘fern,’ Bo, Cp; Æ; Mdf.

fearnbed n. fern-bed, BC, WW.

fearoð- = faroð-

fearr I. m. beast of burden, ox, bull, Æ, AO.

II. == feorr

feas (VPs) = fæs

fēasceaft † destitute, miserable, helpless, poor.

fēasceaftig destitute, poor, Seaf 26.

fēasceaftnes (ǣ1) f. poverty, OEG 1171.

feast- = fæst-

featu (VPs) = fatu nap. of fæt.

fēaw- = fēa-

fēawa = fēa

fēawlic few, EPs 10412.

fēawnes f. fewness, paucity.

feax (æ, e) n. hair, head of hair, B, BH, Lcd; Æ, CP. [‘fax’]

feaxclāð n. cap.

+feaxe furnished with hair, BH 9611.

feaxeacan pl. forelocks, WW 34333.

feaxede long-haired (of a comet), Chr 892. [‘faxed’]

+feaxen (Nar 371) = +feaxe

feaxfang m. seizing or dragging by the hair, LL 5[33].

feaxfeallung f. shedding of hair, mange, WW 11330.

feaxhār hoary, gray-haired, Rd 731.

feaxnǣdel f. crisping-pin, WW 1082.

feaxnes (æ, e) f. head of hair.

feaxnett n. hair-net, WW.

+feaxod = +feaxe

feaxprēon m. hair-pin, WW 10738.

feaxsceacga m. bunch of hair.

feaxsceacgede shaggy.

feaxsceara (e1) fp. scissors for hair-cutting? curling-tongs? WW 24141.

feaxtælg? v. fæxtælg.

feaxwund f. wound under the hair, LL 20[45].

feb- = fef-

fec = fæc

±feccan (æ) to ‘fetch,’ bring, bring to, draw, Æ, Mt: seek: gain, take. [= fetian]

fecele = fæcele

fecgan = feccan

fēdan to ‘feed,’ nourish, sustain, foster, bring up, Bl, Mt, Ps; Æ, CP: bear, bring forth, produce. [fōda]

fēdednes = fēdnes

fēdelfugol (oe1) m. fatted bird, MtR 224.

fēd-els, -esl m. feeding, keep: fatted animal (bird?), WW; Cp. [‘feddle’]

fēdelsswīn fattened pig, NC 343.

feder = fæder

federa = fædera

fēding f. ‘feeding,’ CP.

fēdnes (ǣ) f. nourishment, BH 886.

fedra = fædera

fēfer mn. gs. fēfres ‘fever,’ Lk, G; CP.

fēferādl f. ‘fever,’ AO.

fēferfūge f. feverfew. [L. febrifugia]

fēfersēoc feverish, WW 40534.

fēfor, fēfur = fēfer

fēfrian to be feverish, suffer from fever, Lcd.

fēfrig feverish.

+fēg n. joining, joint, Æ: composition. [Ger. gefüge]

fēgan I. (±) to join, unite, fix, adapt, Lcd, Rd; Æ, CP. [‘fay’; Ger. fügen]

II. to paint, WW.

+fēgednes f. conjunction, connection: bond, fetter, DHy 56.

feger = fæger

fegere = fægre

±fēging f. conjunction, ÆGr 108.

+fēgnes f. association, companionship.

feh = feoh

+feh = +feah pret. 3 sg. of +fēon.

feht sheepskin with the fleece on it? TC 119; v. ES 37·177.

+feht = +feoht

fehtan (N) = feohtan

fēhð pres. 3 sg. of fōn.

fel = fell

fēl = fēol

fela (ea, eo) I. sbn. and adj. (w. g., or in agmt.; rarely inflected) many, much, B, G, Lcd, etc.

II. adv. very much, many. [‘fele’; Ger. viel]

felaǣte ‘mordax,’ OEG 2315.

felafǣcne very treacherous, GnE 148.

felafeald manifold, many times over, Ps. [‘felefold’]

felafealdnes (fele-) f. multitude, EPs 511.

felafrēcne † very fierce, bold.

felagēomor † very sad, sorrowful.

felageong very young, FT 53.

felageonge having travelled much, Creat 3. [gangan]

felahrōr full of exploits, B 27.

felaīdelsprǣce emptily chattering, CP 17425.

felalēof very dear, Wif 26.

fela-meahtig, -mihtig † most mighty.

felamōdig † very bold.

±fēlan I. (w. g.) to touch, ‘feel,’ AO: perceive, Rd.

II. (VPs) = fēolan

felaspecol talkative.

fela-specolnes, -sprecolnes f. loquacity, talkativeness.

felasprǣce talkative, CP 28114.

felasynnig very guilty, B 1379.

felawlonc very stately, Rd 137.

felawyrde talkative, W 4018.

felawyrdnes f. talkativeness.

felcyrf n. foreskin.

feld m. ds. felda, felde open or cultivated land, field, plain, A, Met, RB; AO, CP; Mdf: battle-field. on clǣnum felda in the open field (of battle), CP 22725.

feldælbin (WW 35210) = feldelfen

feldbēo f. humble bee, WW.

feldbisceopwyrt f. field bishopwort, ANS 84·325.

feldcirice f. country church, LL 264[5,1]; 282[3,2].

felde = fylde pret. 3 sg. of fyllan.

feldelfen f. wood-nymph, WW 1896.

feldgangende † roaming over the land.

feldhrīðer n. field-ox, NC 285.

feldhūs † n. tent, Ex.

feldland n. ‘field-land,’ meadow-land, plain, Æ.

feldlic rural, Æ.

feldmædere f. field-madder, rosemary, WW 30010.

feldminte f. field-mint, wild mint, WW.

feld-more, -moru f. parsnip.

feldoxa f. field-ox (i.e. an ox out to grass, not a stalled or fat ox).

feldrude f. wild rue.

feldsæten f. field, LPs 7712. [seten]

feldswamm m. fungus, toadstool, WW 40426.

feldwēsten n. desert.

feldwōp m. plantain, Gl (?= *feldhoppe, ANS 119·435; FM 200).

feldwyrt f. gentian, Lcd.

+fēle sensitive, Lcd.

felefeald = felafeald

fēlelēas insensible, dead, Wy 40.

felg, felge f. ‘felloe,’ felly, rim of a wheel, Bo. [fēolan]

felge-role, -roðe ‘polipodium,’ A 24·432 (v. MLN 23·186).

felh = fealh pret. 3 sg. of fēolan.

felhð (KGl) = fylgð pres. 3 sg. of fylgan.

feligean = fylgan

fell I. n. ‘fell,’ skin, hide, B, Jul, Lcd; Æ, AO, CP. [L. pellis]

II. m. = fiell

fell- = fyll-

fellen (i1) made of skins, Æ.

fellerēad (ēo3; = *pællerēad? ES 43·315) purple, NG.

fēllun = fēollon pret. pl. of feallan.

-felma v. ǣger-f.

felmen- = fylmen-

±fēlnes f. sensation, feeling, Æ.

felo- = fela-

felofearð, felofor m. name of a bird, bittern? JGPh 2176.

fēlon (A) = fulgon pret. pl. of fēolan.

+fēlsian = +fǣlsian

felst pres. 2 sg. of feallan.

felstycce n. piece of skin, Lcd 1·330.

felt m? n? ‘felt,’ WW.

felt-ere, -erre a plant, Lcd.

feltūn m. privy, dunghill, CP.

feltūngrēp f. dunghill, NC 285.

feltwurma m. wild marjoram, Lcd.

feltwyrt f. mullein (plant).

felð = fielð pres. 3 sg. of feallan.

fēlð = fȳlð

felða (Cp 128s) rare gp. of feld.

felu- = felo-

fēm-, fēmn- (VPs) = fǣmn-

fen = fenn

fenampre (o2) f. a marsh plant, Lcd 38b.

fencerse f. water-cress, Lcd. [‘fencress’]

fenester n? m? window, GD 220. [L.]

fenfearn n. marsh-fern, ‘salvia,’ water-fern, WW 1354.

fenfreoðo f. fen-refuge, B 851.

fenfugol m. moor-fowl, Lcd 95b?

±feng m. grip, grasp, embrace: capture: prey, booty. [fōn]

fēng pret. 3 sg. of fōn.

fengel † m. lord, prince, king.

fengelād n. marsh-path, fen, B 1359.

fengnes f. ‘susceptio,’ CPs 829.

fengnett n. (catching-)net, PPs 14012.

fengon pret. pl. of fōn.

fengtōð (æ) m. canine tooth, LL 81n16.

fenhleoðu np. fen-coverts, B 820. [hlið]

fenhop n. fen-hollow, B 764.

fenix m. the bird ‘phœnix,’ ÆGr, Ph: date-palm.

fenland n. fen-land, marsh, AO.

fenlic marshy, Æ, Guth. [‘fenlich’]

fenminte f. water-mint, Lcd 14b.

fenn nm. mud, mire, dirt, CP, WW: ‘fen,’ marsh, moor, B, Bo; AO: the fen country, Chr 905.

fenn- = fen-

fennig dirty, musty, mouldy, CP (= fynig): marshy, WW. [‘fenny’]

fennðæc n. fen-covering, OET (Bd2).

fenol = finul

fenompre = fenampre

fenȳce f. marsh-frog, Rd 4171.

fēo == feoh; also ds. of feoh.

fēode pret. 3 sg. of fēogan.

fēogan (fīa, N; fēon) to hate, persecute, LkL. [‘ivee’]

fēogȳtsung (ēa) f. avarice, BH 13034.

feoh n. gs. fēos, ds. fēo cattle, herd, LL, Sol; AO [Ger. vieh]: movable goods, property, Bo, Ps; AO: money, riches, treasure, BH, Mt; Æ, CP. wið licgendum fēo for ready money, ÆL 954: name of the rune for f. [‘fee’]

feohbehāt n. promise of money, Chr 865e.

feohbīgenga m. cattle-keeper, NC 343.

feohbōt f. money compensation, LL 46n5; 258[51].

feohfang m. offence of taking a bribe, LL 318[15,1].

feohgafol n. usury, NC 285.

feohgehāt n. promise of money, Chr 865a.

feohgerēfa m. steward, LkLR 1242.

feohgesceot n. payment of money, Bk 28; 29.

feohgesteald n. possession of riches, Jul 685.

feohgestrēon n. acquiring money: treasure, possessions, riches.

feohgīdsere (CP) = feohgītsere

feohgiefu f. largess.

feohgīetsere (CP 3316) = feohgītsere

feohgīfre † avaricious.

feohgift † f. bounty-giving, largess.

feohgītsere m. miser.

feohgod n. property (in cattle), LL 60n1.

feohgyrnes f. greed, LL 396[4].

feohhord m. treasury.

feohhūs n. treasure-house, WW. [‘fee’]

feohlǣnung f. lending of money, WW 11545.

feohland ‘pascua,’ PPs.

feohlēas without money: not to be bought off, past compensation, B 2441.

feohlēasnes f. want of money.

feohsceatt n. money-payment, Da 744.

feohspēda fp. riches, GD 2732.

feohspilling f. waste of money, Chr 1096.

feohstrang well off, Gl.

±feoht (i, o, y) n. action of fighting, B, Ps: ‘fight,’ battle, AO: strife, Mod.

±feohtan3 (e, N) to ‘fight,’ combat, strive, Chr, LL, Æ, AO, CP. on f. attack, fight against: (+) gain by fighting, win.

+feohtdæg m. day of battle, PPs 1397.

feohte f. = feoht

feohtehorn (y1) m. battle-horn, PPs 749.

feohtend m. fighter, OEG 3805.

feohtere m. fighter, ES 39328.

feohtgegyrela m. implement of war, missile, ‘falarica,’ WW 39930.

feohtlāc n. fighting, LL. [‘fightlac’]

feohtling (y1) m. fighter, GD 11013; MP 1·610.

+fēohtsumnes f. joyfulness, NC 292. [+fēon]

feohtwīte (i1, y1, y2) n. penalty for fighting, LL.

feohwite n. fine for coining false money, LL 319 col. 2.

fēol pret. 3 sg. of feallan.

fēol (ē, ī) f. ‘file,’ Rd; ÆL.

feola = fela

fēolaga m. partner, ‘fellow,’ Chr 1016d. [ON. fēlage]

±fēolan3 (ē) to cleave, be joined to, adhere: enter, penetrate, pass into, through or over, betake oneself to, Chr: undergo: persevere in. [Goth. filhan]

fēold pret. 3 sg. of fealdan.

feolde = folde

fēoldon pret. pl. of fealdan.

fēolheard hard as a file? hard enough to resist the file? Ma 108 (or ?= *felaheard).

fēolian to file, ÆL 32203.

fēoll pret. 3 sg., fēollon pret. pl. of feallan.

feolu = fela

feolu-fer, -ferð, -for = felofor

feon = fenn

fēon I. (±, usu. +) sv5 w. in or g. to be glad, rejoice, exult, CP.

II. = fēogan

fēond (ie, y) m. ds. fīend, fēonde, nap. fīend, fēond, adversary, foe, enemy, A, B, Mt; AO, CP [f. = female enemy]: ‘fiend,’ devil, Gu; CP: the Devil, Lcd, Hy. [pres. ptc. of fēogan]

fēondǣt m. eating things sacrificed to idols, PPs 10524.

fēondgrāp f. grip of a foe, B 636.

fēondgyld n. idolatry, idol, GD, PPs: demoniacal possession? MtL 424.

fēondlic hateful, hostile, fiendish, WW; Æ. adv. -līce, Jul. [‘fiendly’]

fēondrǣden f. enmity, Æ.

fēondrǣs m. hostile attack, Gen 900.

fēondsceaða † m. enemy, robber.

fēondscipe m. hostility, enmity, hatred, AO, CP.

fēondsēoc possessed with a devil, demoniac, BH 1845.

fēondulf m. public enemy, criminal, malefactor. [fēond, wulf]

fēong = fēoung

feonn = fenn

feor = feorr

feor- = feorran-

fēor = feorh, fēower

fēora gp. of feorh.

+fēora = +fēra

feorbūend dwelling far off, B 254.

feorcumen = feorrancumen

feorcund = feorrancund

feorcȳðð f. distant land, B 1838.

feord = fierd

feord- = fierd-, fyrd-

fēores gs. of feorh.

feorg == feorh

feorh (e) mn. gs. fēores; nap. feorh life, principle of life, soul, spirit, AO, CP. tō wīdan fēore for eternity, for ever. f. gesellan, āgiefan to die: living being, person.

feorhādl f. fatal disease, Æ.

feorhbana m. man-slayer.

feorhbealu † n. deadly evil, violent death.

feorhbenn f. deadly wound, B 2740.

feorhberend † m. living being.

feorhbold n. body, Rood 73.

feorhbona = feorhbana

feorhbora m. life-bearer, Rd 922.

feorhcwalu † (e) f. slaughter, death.

feorhcwealm † m. slaughter, death.

feorhcynn † n. race of mortals.

feorhdagas mp. days of life, Gen 2358.

feorhdolg n. deadly wound, Cr 1455.

feorhēacen living, Gen 204.

feorhfægen fain of life, glad to preserve one’s life, ÆL 23309.

feorhgebeorh n. refuge, Ex 369.

feorhgedāl † n. death.

feorhgener n. preservation of life, LL 204[7,3].

feorhgenīðla † m. mortal foe.

feorhgiefa † m. giver of life.

feorhgiefu f. gift of life, Rim 6?

feorh-gōme? f. means of subsistence? -gōma? m. jaw? Cr 1547.

feorhhord † n. breast, soul, spirit.

feorhhūs n. soul-house, body, Ma 297.

feorhhyrde m. life’s guardian, protector.

feorhlāst m. step taken to preserve life, flight, B 846.

feorhlēan n. revenge for bloodshed? gift of life? Ex 150.

feorhlegu † f. life.

feorhlic (fera-, ferh-) vital, HGl 453.

feorhlīf n. life, PPs 1422.

feorhloca m. breast, Gu 625.

feorhlyre m. loss of life, LL 466[3].

feorhneru f. preservation of life, refuge, salvation: nourishment of life, food.

feorhrǣd m. salvation, An 1656.

feorhscyldig guilty of death, LL.

feorhsēoc mortally wounded, B 820.

feorhsweng m. fatal blow, B 2489.

feorhðearf f. urgent need, PPs 691.

feorhwund f. deadly wound, B 2385.

feorlen = fyrlen

feorlic far off, alien, strange, Kl 10097.

feorlond n. distant land, Pa 10.

feorm (a, æ, o, y) f. food, provision, sustenance: entertainment, meal, feast, supper, Æ, AO, CP: goods, possessions: stores: rent in kind, EC: profit, benefit, CP: tilling, LL 454, 8 (y).

feorma = forma

feormehām m. farm, Chr 1087.

feormend m. entertainer: cleanser, polisher, furbisher.

feormendlēas wanting a burnisher, B 2761.

feormere m. purveyor, KC 4·27821.

feormfultum m. help in food, LL 356[69,1].

±feormian to entertain, receive as guest: cherish, support, sustain, feed: consume: benefit, profit: scour, cleanse, furbish: (+) harbour (stolen goods), LL 108[4,6].

feormung f. harbouring, LL: furbishing, cleansing, LL.

feornes f. distance, BH 7210.

feorr I. comp. fi(e)rra, fyrra; sup. fierresta ‘far,’ remote, distant, BH, Chr, RB; CP.

II. adv. comp. fierr, firr, fyr(r); sup. fi(e)rrest, fyrrest ‘far,’ far away, distant, remote, CP: far back (in time): further, besides, moreover.

feorran I. adv. from afar, from a remote time or place, B, El, Gen: far off, at a distance, Bo; Æ, CP. [‘ferren’]

II. (æ, y) to remove, avert, turn aside, withdraw, B: proscribe. [‘far’]

feorrancumen come from afar, strange.

feorrancund, feorrcund come from afar, foreign born.

feorrane, feorren(e) = feorran I.

feorrfaran6 ‘vexari,’ LkL 76 (i1).

feorrian to keep apart, Æ: (+) depart, NG (ea).

feorrung f. removal, departure, GD 4916.

feorsian to go beyond: put far from, expel: depart, remove, separate.

feorsn = fiersn

feorstuð nf. support, WW.

feorting f. ‘pedatio,’ WW 16242.

feorð = ferhð

fēorða (ēa, N) ‘fourth,’ Lk; AO, CP. fēorðe healf three and a half.

feorðe fourthly, LL 158[15].

fēorð-ling, -ung m. fourth part: ‘farthing,’ MkL, LkL; Æ. [‘ferling’]

fēorum dp. of feorh.

feorweg m. remote part.

feorwit = fyrwit

fēos gs. of feoh.

feostnode (Chr 963e) = fæstnode pret. 3 sg. of fæstnian.

feot- = fet-

fēoð pres. 3 sg. of fēogan.

fēoðer-, fēoðor- = fēower-

fēoung f. hatred, CP. [fēogan]

feow-, fēower- v. also fiðer-.

fēower, fēowere [indecl. before a sb. but when alone, usu. g. fēow(e)ra, d. fēowerum] ‘four,’ Cr; Æ, AO, CP: four times.

fēowerdōgor mn. and adj. four days.

fēower-ecge, -ecgede four-cornered, square, Lcd.

fēowerfeald fourfold, Lk 198.

fēowerfealdlīce quadruply, Bl.

fēowerfēte four-footed, AO; Æ. [‘four-foot’]

fēower-fōt, -fōtede four-footed.

fēowergild n. fourfold compensation, LL 228´.

fēowerhwēolod (fȳr-) four-wheeled? RHy 419. (v. ES 38·15)

fēowerscȳte four-cornered, square, AO. [scēat]

fēowertēme (fēoður-) four-teamed, VHy.

fēower-tēoða, -tēogða, ‘fourteenth,’ BH, MH; AO.

fēowertīene (ē3, ȳ3) ‘fourteen,’ MtL; AO.

fēowertig ‘forty,’ MtL; AO.

fēowertigfeald fortyfold.

fēowertiglic quadragesimal, BH.

fēowertigoða ‘fortieth,’ Æ.

fēowertȳne = fēowertīene

fēowerða (Mt) = fēorða

fēowr- = fēower-, fēor-

fēowra v. fēower.

±fēowung f. rejoicing, joy, OEG 1118. [+fēon]

fēowur- = fēower-

fer = fær

fer- = fær-, fear-, fier-, feor-, for-, fyr-

fēr = (1) fǣr I.; (2) fēfer

fēr- = fǣr-, fȳr

±fēra m. associate, comrade, fellow-disciple, AO, CP: wife: man, servant, v. LL 2·427f.

fēran to go, come, set out, march, travel, B; JnL (oe), CP: behave, act: (+) accomplish, attain, obtain: (+) fare, speed, undergo, suffer. [‘fere’]

fērbedd n. portable bed.

fērblǣd = fǣrblǣd

fercian to convey, bring, Chr: support, ÆL 23597: stuff up (with lies), ÆL 23713. [‘ferk, firk’]

fercung f. sustenance, provision, food, Æ (9172).

ferdwyrt (ferw-)? a plant, ANS 84·325 (or ?= feld-).

fēre able to go, fit for (military) service.

+fēre I. f. company, community.

II. accessible, Ph 4. [faran]

ferele f. rod, GD. [L. ferula]

fērend m. sailor: messenger.

fereð pres. 3 sg. of (1) faran, (2) ferian.

fēreð pres. 3 sg. of fēran.

fergan = ferian

ferht I. honest, Gl.

II. = ferhð

ferhtlic just, honest, PPs 9510.

ferhð † (ferð) mn. mind, intellect, soul, spirit: life. wīdan f. eternally, for ever.

ferhðbana m. murderer, Ex 399.

ferhðcearig of anxious mind, Gen 2217.

ferhð-cleofa, -cofa † m. breast.

ferhðfrec bold, brave, B 1146.

ferhðfrīðende (rð) sustaining life, Rd 393.

ferhðgenīðla m. mortal enemy, B 2881.

ferhðgewit (rð) n. understanding, Cr 1184.

ferhðglēaw † wise, prudent.

ferhðgrim (rð) † savage.

ferhðloca † m. breast, body.

ferhðlufu f. heartfelt love, An 83 (y).

ferhðsefa † (i, y) m. mind, thought.

ferhðwērig † soul-weary, sad.

±ferian to carry, convey, bring, An, B, El; Æ: (with refl. a.) betake oneself to, be versed in: depart, go, Ma. [‘ferry’]

feriend m. leader, bringer, Sol 80.

fēring I. † f. journey, wandering. [fēran]

II. f. ‘insimulatio,’ Gl. [fǣr]

+fērlǣcan (ē) to associate, unite, Æ.

+fērlic associated. adv. -līce sociably, together; -līðlīce GD 31324.

±fērnes f. passage, transition, passing away.

+fērrǣden (usu. +) f. companionship, fellowship, Æ, AO, CP: friendship: society, fraternity, congregation, Æ.

fers nm. verse: sentence. [L.]

fersc ‘fresh’ (not salt), AO: not salted, KC.

-ferscan v. ā-f.

fersceta m. freshet, A 20·382.

±fērscipe m. fraternity, community, retinue: society, fellowship, companionship, CP.

+fērscipian to unite, accompany, DR.

fersian to versify, ÆGr 2183.

ferð == ferhð

ferða m. skin, hide? A 30253.

ferðan = furðum

fēsan = fȳsan

fēsian = fȳsian

fest == fæst

fēst = fȳst

fester- = fōstor-

festnung f. munificence, WW 44017.

fēstrian = fōstrian

fet pres. 3 sg. of fetian.

fēt I. pres. 3 sg. of fēdan.

II. ds. and nap. of fōt.

+fetan4 to fall, MtR 137,8.

fetel m. belt, Bo, Met. [‘fettle’]

fetelhilt n. belted or ringed sword-hilt, B 1563.

fētels = fǣtels

fetelsian to provide with a sheath? BC 3·2152. +fetelsod ornamented? (BT), belted? ringed?

feter == fetor

+feterian † to fetter, bind.

±fetian (æ) to bring near, fetch, B, Gen: bring on, induce: marry. [= feccan]

fetor (eo1, e2) f. ‘fetter,’ shackle, Cp, MkL, Ps: check, restraint, Wa.

fetorwrāsen f. fetter, chain, An 1109.

+fetran, +fetrian = +feterian

fētt I. pres. 3 sg. of fēdan.

II. = fǣtt

fettan = fetian

fette pret. 3 sg. of fetian.

fēð = fēhð pres. 3 sg. of fōn.

fēða m. foot-soldier, AO: band of foot-soldiers, troop, Æ: warfare, battle? Jul 389.

fēðan to lead, Æ: go on foot? Æ (9449).

fēðe n. power of locomotion, walking, gait, pace, Æ, AO.

fēðecempa † m. foot-soldier.

fēðegang m. journey on foot, Gen 2513.

fēðegeorn anxious to go, Rd 329.

fēðegest † m. guest coming on foot, traveller.

fēðehere m. infantry, AO.

fēðehwearf m. band of footmen, Gu 162.

fēðelāst † m. step, track, course.

fēðelēas † footless, crippled.

fēðemenn mp. infantry, NG, WW.

fēðemund f. fore-paw, Rd 1617.

feðer (æ) f. nap. feð(e)ra, feðre ‘feather,’ Lcd, Ph; pl. wings, Bo, Mt, OET; CP: pen, Lk; CP.

feðer- = fēower-, fiðer-

feðeran = fiðerian

feðerbǣre provided with feathers, winged, GPH 390.

feðerbedd n. feather-bed, WW 12419.

feðerberend provided with feathers, feathered, WW 46520.

feðercræft m. embroidery, WW 4913.

feðergearwe fp. feathers of the arrow, B 3119.

feðergeweorc n. feather-embroidery.

feðerhama m. wings, plumage, Cp, Gen. [‘featherham’]

fēðespēdig speedy of foot, Cra 53.

fēðewīg † m. battle on foot, affray.

feðm = fæðm

feðorbyrste split into four, Lcd 148a (A 30·129).

feðra, feðre v. feðer.

feðrian to become fledged, OEG 2627.

+fēðrian to load, AS 111. [fōðor]

feðriht feathered, MtL p717.

fēðu (WW 11029) = fēða

fēðung f. walking, motion, Æ.

fex == feax

fīag- (N) = fēog-

fibulae (Gl) = fīfele

+fic n. deceit. [v. ‘fickle’]

fīc m. fig, fig-tree: (fig-disease), venereal ulcer, hemorrhoids, Lcd. [L. ficus]

fīcādl f. fig-disease (v. fīc).

fīcæppel m. fig.

fīcbēam m. fig-tree, Æ, CP.

-fician v. be-f.

fīclēaf n. fig-leaf.

ficol ‘fickle,’ cunning, tricky, KGl; W.

fīctrēow n. fig-tree.

ficung f. fraud, trickery, LL 242[24]; 254[28,2].

fīcwyrm m. intestinal worm, Lcd 122a.

fīcwyrt f. fig-wort, WW 13432.

fīeftīene = fīftīene

fieht pres. 3 sg. of feohtan.

±fiell (æ, e, ea, y) mn. fall, destruction, AO, CP: death, slaughter: precipice: case, inflection, ÆGr 9114 (y). [feallan]

fiell- v. fyll.

fielt pres. 3 sg. of fealdan.

fielð pres. 3 sg. of feallan.

fīend = fēond, also ds. of fēond.

+fīend (ȳ) mp foes, enemies, Lk. [‘i-feond’]

fīendwīc n. enemy’s camp, LPs 7728.

fier v. feorr II.

fīer- = fēower-

fierd (æ, e, eo, y) f. national levy or army, Chr: military expedition, campaign, Ma, PPs; AO: camp. [‘ferd’]

fierd- v. also fyrd-.

fierdian (y) to go on an expedition, march, Chr.

fierdlēas without an army, undefended, unprotected, Chr 894a.

fieren- = firen-

fīerfēte = fēowerfēte

-fierme (eo) v. or-f.

fierra, fierrest, fierresta v. feorr II.

fiersn (e, eo, y) f. heel. [Ger. ferse]

fierst = first

fīf usu. indecl. before sb.; but when alone, has na. fīfe, g. fīfa, d. fīfum ‘five,’ A, Gen, Mt.

fīfalde f. butterfly, Gl. [Ger. falter]

fīfbēc fp. Pentateuch, WW 4708.

fife v. fīf.

fīfecgede having five angles, ÆGr 28915.

fīfel n. (huge) sea-monster, giant, Wald 210.

fīfelcynn n. race of sea-monsters, B 104.

fīfeldōr n. door of sea-monsters, river Eider, Wid 43.

fīfele f. buckle, WW 4037. [L. ‘fibula’]

fīfelfota ‘petilus,’ A 8·449.

fīfelstrēam m. ocean, sea, Met 2626.

fīfelwǣg m. ocean, sea, El 237.

fīffalde = fīfalde

fīffeald ‘five-fold,’ Æ: five each, CM 840.

fīffēted five-footed, OEG 130.

fīffingre f. ‘potentilla,’ ‘primula,’ cinquefoil, oxlip? Lcd. [‘fivefinger’]

fīfflēre five-storied, Æ. [flōr]

fīfgēar n. period of five years, lustrum, WW 43116.

fīf-hund, -hundred num. five hundred.

fīflæppede having five lobes, Lcd 59b.

fīf-lēaf n., -lēafe f. ‘potentilla,’ cinquefoil, Lcd. [‘fiveleaf’]

fīfmægen n. magic power, Sol 136. [fīfel, mægen]

fīfnihte five days old, Ans 129·22.

fīfta ‘fifth,’ Æ, Mk; AO, CP.

fīftafæder v. fæder.

fīfte fifthly, LL 158[16].

fīfteg = fīftig

fīftegða = fīftēoða

fīftēne = fīftīene

fīfteogoða ‘fiftieth,’ Æ; CP.

fīf-tēoða (ȳ1). -tēða, -tegða ‘fifteenth,’ BH, Lcd.

fīftīene (ȳ1, ē2, ȳ2) (often w. g.) ‘fifteen,’ A, B, Gu; AO.

fīftīenewintre (e2) fifteen years old, Bl 2131.

fīftig num. ‘fifty,’ Æ: sb. a set of fifty, Mk.

Fiftigdæg m. Pentecost, MkL p510.

fīftigeða, fīttigoða = fīfteogoða

fīftigfeald ‘fiftyfold,’ containing fifty, Æ.

fīftȳne (Æ) = fīftīene

fīfwintre five years old, ÆGr 28714.

fīgan1 ‘frigere,’ Ep.

fihl n? cloth, rag, NG. [?= fliht]

fiht I. pres. 3 sg. of feohtan.

II. = feht

fiht- = fyht-

fīhtan = fȳhtan

+fihð pres. 3 sg. of +fēon.

fīl (Gl) = fēol

+fīlan = +fȳlan

+filce = +fylce

fild sb. milking, Lcd 53b.

fildcumb m. milk-pail, Lcd 122b.

filde field-like, of the nature of a plain, AO 7412.

+filde n. field, plain, AO 1210. [feld]

filgð, filhð pres. 3 sg. of fēolan.

fili- = fylg-

fīllende ptc. rubbing, WW 40736.

filiðe n. hay.

filiðlēag m. meadow, Ct.

fill == fyll

fille thyme? OEG 5638. [= cerfille?]

fillen = fellen

filmen (y) n. ‘film,’ membrane, thin skin, Lcd; Æ: foreskin, Æ.

filst- = fylst-

filð pres. 3 sg. of feallan.

fīn f. heap, pile. v. OEG 2456.

fīna m. woodpecker, WW 492.

finc m. ‘finch,’ Ep, WW.

fīnd = fīend

findan3 (but occl. wk. pret. funde) (±) to find, meet with, B, Gen, Jul, Met: discover, obtain by search or study, Cr, MtL, Ps: provide: consider, devise, arrange, dispose, decide, AO, CP: show, inform. f. æt obtain from.

findend m. finder, GPH 391.

±findig (ȳ) capable, ÆGr 694.

finding f. invention, initiative, CM 1082.

finel = finul

finger m. ‘finger,’ Mt, VPs; Æ, CP.

finger-æppla, -appla npl. finger-shaped fruits, dates, ÆL, OEG.

fingerdocca? m? finger-muscle, Gl.

fingerlic belonging to a finger or ring, WW 29126.

fingarlið n. finger-joint, NC 343.

fingermæl n. finger’s length, NR 228.

finig (y) = fynig

finiht finny.

finn m. ‘fin,’ Æ.

finol == finul

finst = findest pres. 2 sg. of findan.

fint pres. 3 sg. of findan.

finta † m. tail: consequence, result.

finul (e1, y1, o2), finugl m., finu(g)le ‘fennel,’ Ep, WW. [L. foenuculum]

finulsǣd (o2) n. fennel-seed, Lcd 157a.

fīo == fēo

fīr = fȳr

fīras † mp. men, human beings.

fird = fierd

fird- = fierd-, fyrd-

firen f. transgression, sin, crime: outrage, violence: torment, suffering.

firenbealu n. transgression, Cr 1276.

firencræft m. wickedness, Jul 14.

firendǣd † f. wicked deed, crime.

firenearfeðe n. sinful woe, Gen 709.

firenfremmende sinful, Cr 1118.

firenful (y) sinful, wicked.

firengeorn sinful, Cr 1606.

firenhicga (y1, y2) m. adulterer, GPH 389.

firenhicge (fyrn-) f. adulteress, OEG.

firenhicgend (fyrn-) adulterous, OEG.

±firenian (y) to sin: commit adultery; revile.

firenlic (y) wicked. adv. -līce vehemently, rashly, Wald 120.

firenligerian to commit fornication, RSPs 10539.

firenlust m. lust, sinful desire, luxury, wantonness, AO, CP.

firenlustful wanton, luxurious, A 12·50210.

firenlustgeorn wanton, W 2535.

firensynnig sinful, Cr 1379.

firentācnian (y) to commit misdeeds, RHy 621.

firenðearf (y) f. dire distress, B 14.

firenum excessively, very, intensely: malignantly. [dp. of firen]

firenweorc † n. evil deed, sin.

firenwyrcende † sinning, sinful.

firenwyrhta (y) † m. evil-doer.

fīrfoda = fȳrfoda

firgen mountain, mountain-woodland. [?only in compounds]

Entry supplied from first edition; note “only in compounds”.

firgenbēam (y) m. mountain tree, B 1414. [Goth. fairguni]

firgenbeorg (fergenberig) mountain, Rune-Casket.

firgenbucca m. ibex, Lcd.

firgendstrēam = firgenstrēam

firgen-gāt f. nap. -gǣt ibex, Gl.

firgenheafod n. mountain-headland.

firgenholt n. mountain-wood, B 1393.

firgenstrēam † m. mountain-stream, woodland-stream.

firgin- = firgen-

firht = freht

firhð == ferhð

firigendstrēam = firgenstrēam

firinggāt = firgengāt

firmdig = frymdig

firmettan to ask, beg, AO 1866.

firn- = firen-, fyrn-

firr, firra, firre, firrest v. feorr.

first I. (e, ie, y) mn. period, space of time, time, respite, truce, B, Chr; CP. [‘frist’]

II. (ie) f. ceiling, Ep. [Ger. first]

III. = fyrst

firsthrōf n. ceiling.

first-mearc, -gemearc f. period of time, appointed time, interval, respite.

firð- = fyrð-

firwet- = fyrwit-

fisc m. ‘fish,’ VPs; Æ, AO, CP; Mdf.

fisc-að, -(n)oð m. fishing, AO. fishpond: a catch of fish. [v. NC 286]

fiscbrȳne m. fish-brine, WW 12839.

fisccynn n. fish tribe, Æ.

fiscdēah f. fish-dye, purple, OEG 5193.

fiscere m. ‘fisher,’ fisherman, AO, Mt: kingfisher (bird).

fiscfell (NG) = fiscpōl

fiscflōdu? m. fish-flood, sea, OET.

fischūs n. place where fish is sold, WW 18440.

fiscian to ‘fish,’ Bo.

fiscmere m. fishpond, WW 48411.

fiscnað = fiscað

fiscnett n. fishing-net.

fiscnoð, fiscoð = fiscað

fiscpōl m. fishpond, JnL, WW. [‘fishpool’]

fiscðrūt m. small fish, MtL 1534.

fiscwelle I. m. fishpond, A 13·321.

II. = fiscwylle

fiscwer m. fish-weir, fish-trap, LL 454[9].

fiscwylle full of fish, BH. [weallan]

fisting f. ‘fesiculatio,’ WW.

fitelfōta thin, slender, WW 16120.

fitersticca m. tent-nail, WW 1875 (?= fiðersticca).

fitt I. f? struggle, contest, fight, Gen 2072.

II. f. ‘fit,’ song, poem, Bo; Gl. [? connected with I. v. SkED under fit (2)]

fiðele f. fiddle.

fiðelere m. ‘fiddler,’ WW 31123.

fiðelestre f. female fiddler, WW 31124.

fiðer- = fēower-, feðer-

fiðercian to flutter, GD 10019. [fiðere]

fiðerdǣled quadripartite, quartered, OEG.

fiðere (y) n. nap. fið(e)ru, fiðera(s) wing, Æ, CP.

fiðerfeald ‘quadriga,’ EHy 419.

fiðerflēdende (y1) flowing in four streams, GPH 390.

fiðerflōwende flowing in four streams, OEG 482.

fiðerhama m. wing-covering, ÆL 3474 (y1).

+fiðerhamod covered with feathers, ÆH 1·46627.

fiðerhīwe ‘quadriformis,’ OEG 177.

+fiðerian, fiðrian to provide with feathers, or wings.

fiðerlēas without wings, Wy 22.

fiðerrīce (y) n. tetrarchy, Chr 12c.

fiðerscēatas mp. four quarters? Sol 32.

fiðersleht m. flapping of wings, joy? OEG 4892.

fiðru v. fiðere.

fixa, fixas, fixum = fisca, fiscas, fiscum, gp., nap. and dp. of fisc.

fixen == fyxen

fixian, fixoð, fixnoð = fiscian, fiscað

flā f. arrow, AO. [‘flo’; = flān]

flacg cataplasm, plaster, WW 38028.

flacor † flying (of arrows). [cp. Ger. flackern]

flæ- = flea-, fleo-

flǣ- = flā-, flēa-, flēo-, flīe-

flǣc = flǣsc

flǣre f. earlap, WW 15712.

flǣsc (ē) n. ‘flesh,’ Æ, Cp, Lk, VPs; CP: body (as opposed to soul), B, Jn: carnal nature, Mt: living creatures, Lk, Ps.

flǣscǣt m. animal food, RB.

flǣscbana m. murderer, GD.

flǣsccofa m. body, LPs 118120.

flǣsccȳping f. meat-market, WW 14526.

flǣsceht fleshy, Lcd 83a.

flǣscen of flesh, like flesh, GPH; Æ. [‘fleshen’]

flǣscennes = flǣscnes

flǣscgebyrd f. incarnation, OEG 429.

flǣschama (o2) † m. body, carcase.

+flǣschamod incarnate, Æ.

flǣschord † n. body.

flǣschūs n. ‘flesh-house,’ place where meat is sold, WW.

flǣsclic ‘fleshly,’ corporeal, carnal, Æ, BH.

flǣsclīcnes f. incarnate condition, Æ. [‘fleshliness’]

flǣscmangere m. butcher, WW. [‘flesh-monger’]

flǣscmaðu f. maggot, WW 12213.

flǣsc-mete m. nap. -mettas flesh, animal food, LL; Æ, CP. [‘fleshmeat’]

±flǣscnes f. incarnation, Chr.

+flǣscod incarnate, Æ.

flǣscsand portion of meat, NC 287.

flǣscstrǣt f. meat-market, Æ.

flǣsctāwere m. torturer of the flesh, executioner, WW 18919.

flǣsctōð m. one of the teeth, WW 41524.

flǣscðēnung f. use as food, NC 287.

flǣscwellere m. executioner, hangman, WW 38229. [flǣsc, cwellere]

flǣscwyrm m. maggot, Lcd. [‘fleshworm’]

flǣslic = flǣsclic

flæðecomb m. weaver’s comb, WW.

flæx (MtR) = fleax

flagen pp. of flēan.

flāh I. n. wickedness, treachery, Rim 47.

II. † adj. wily, deceitful, hostile.

flān mf. barb, arrow, javelin, dart, B, Ma, Æ; AO, CP. [‘flane’]

flānboga † m. bow.

flanc m. flank, OEG 5035.

flāngeweorc † n. shooting-gear, arrows.

flānhred? arrow-swift? arrow-equipped? (of death), Rim 72.

flāniht relating to darts, WW 42534.

flānðracu † f. onset, attack.

flasce (x) f. ‘flask,’ bottle.

flāt pres. 3 sg. of flītan.

flaxe (GD, WW) = flasce

flaxfōte web-footed. [= flox-]

flēa I. mf. ‘flea,’ Ep, Lcd.

II. = flēah n.

flēag pret. 3 sg. of flēogan.

flēah I. n. albugo, a white spot in the eye, CP.

II. m. = flēa I.

III. pret. 3 sg. of flēogan.

IV. pret. 3 sg. of flēon.

flēam m. flight, AO, Æ. on f. gebrengan to put to flight. on f. weorðan to flee.

flēamdōm m. flight, NC 287.

flēamlāst m. apostacy, WW 5003.

flēan6 to ‘flay,’ Cp.

±fleard n. nonsense, folly, deception, fraud, superstition, LL; OEG. [‘flerd’]

fleardere m. trifler, NC 287.

fleardian to be foolish, err, go astray: grow luxuriantly.

flēat I. pret. 3 sg. of flēotan.

II. = flēot

flēawyrt f. fleabane, WW. [‘fleawort’]

fleax (æ, e) n. ‘flax,’ linen, CP; Æ (e).

fleax- = flex-

flecta = fleohta

fled = flett

-flēdan v. ofer-f.

flēde adj. in flood, full, overflowing, AO. [flōd]

flēding f. flowing, Æ.

flēg- = flēog-

flēge little ship, JnL 622 (oe).

flehta = fleohta

flēm- = flīem-

flene = flyne

flēo = flēa

±flēogan2 (intr., cp. flēon) to ‘fly,’ B, El, Jud, Jul; Æ, CP: flee, take to flight, Ma. [Ger. fliegen]

flēoge (ē, ȳ) f. any winged insect, ‘fly,’ Æ; CP. [Ger. fliege]

flēogenda m. bird, CPs.

flēogende flying, winged, ÆGr 449.

flēogendlic flying, winged, ÆGr 552.

flēogryft n. fly-curtain, WW 37321.

flēohcynn m. a kind of flies, PPs 10427.

flēohnet n. ‘fly-net,’ curtain, Jud.

fleohta (flecta) m. hurdle.

±flēon2 to fly from, ‘flee,’ avoid, escape, G, Met, VPs; AO, CP: put to flight, Æ: fly (intr.), Æ.

flēos (VPs) = flīes

fleos- = fles-

flēot (ēa) m. flēota f. water, sea, estuary, river, AO: raft, ship, Hy. [‘fleet’]

flēotan2 to float, drift, flow, swim, sail, Æ, CP: (tr.) skim, Lcd. [‘fleet’]

flēote (or ? flēota) = flēot

flēotende floating, Gen 1447. [‘fleeting’]

flēotig fleet, swift, Rd 524.

flēotwyrt f. seaweed, Lcd 101a.

fleoðe (ea) f. water-lily, Lcd.

flēow pret. 3 sg. of flōwan.

flēowð = flēwð pres. 3 sg. of flōwan.

-flēre v. ðri-, fīf-f.

flēring f. story (of a building), Æ. [flōr]

flēs = flīes

flēsc == flǣsc

fleswian (eo) to whisper? pull a wry face? BH 12217 (JAW 30). [or ? flēswian dissemble, ES 44·470]

flet == flett

flēt, flēte = flīete

fletræst f. couch, B 1241.

fletsittend † m. sitter in hall, courtier, guest.

flett n. floor, ground, B: dwelling, hall, mansion. [‘flet’]

flettgefeoht n. fighting in a house, LL 18[39].

flettgesteald † n. household goods.

flettpǣð m. floor of a house, Gen 2729.

fletwerod n. hall-troop, body-guard, B 476.

fleðecamb = flæðecomb

flēwsa m. flowing, flux, issue (bodily disorder), Lcd. [flōwan]

flēwð pres. 3 sg. of flōwan.

flex = fleax

flexæcer m. flax land, KC 5·38916.

flexgescot n. contribution of flax.

flexlīne f. flax-winder, reel? flax line? thread? LL 455[15].

+flīan, +flȳn to drive out. [flēon]

flicce n. ‘flitch’ of bacon, ham, CD, Gl, WW.

flicorian, flicerian to move the wings, flutter, Æ. [‘flicker’]

flīe = flēah I.

flīehð pres. 3 sg. of flēon.

flīema (ē, ī, ȳ) m. fugitive, exile, outlaw, AO. Godes f. excommunicate person, LL 352[66]. [flēam]

±flīeman (ǣ, ē, ȳ) to put to flight, drive away, banish, Gen; CP. [‘fleme’; flēam]

flīeman-feorm, -feorming f. offence of, or penalty for, sheltering fugitives from justice, LL 102[30]; 2·302.

+flīeme (ē) adj. fugitive, DR 1478.

flīeming (flȳmig) sb. fugitive, OEG 2965.

flīes (ē, ēo, ī, ȳ) n. ‘fleece,’ wool, fur, seal skin, LL, Ps (ēo).

flīet (WW 4893) = flēot

flīetan = flītan

flīete (ē, ȳ) f. cream, curds: punt. [flēotan]

flīg = flēah I.

flīg- = flēog-, flȳg-

fligel m? n? ‘flail,’ A 9·264.

fliht I. m. patch, MkLR 221 (y). [flēohtan]

Cross-reference unidentified.

II. = flyht

flihteclāð m. patch, WW 20613.

flīhð pres. 3 sg. of flēon.

flīma = flīema

flint m. ‘flint,’ rock, Æ, Ep, WW.

flinten of flint, W 2521.

flintgrǣg gray like flint, Rd 419.

flīo = flēah I.

flīs = flīes

±flit (usu. +) n. strife, Ps: dispute, contention: ‘scandalum’; tō +flītes emulously. [‘flite’]

±flītan1 to strive, quarrel, dispute, contend, B, BH; Æ, CP.

flitcræft m. dialectics, logic, OEG.

flitcræftlic logical.

flītend m. contentious person.

flītere m. disputer, chider, quarreler, schismatic, Ep. [‘fliter’]

±flit-ful (OEG), -fullic contentious.

+flitfulnes f. litigiousness, A 11·10284.

±flitgeorn m. contentious person.

+flitgeorn contentious, RB 13020.

+flitlīce emulously, BH 40617.

±flitmǣlum contentiously, emulously.

-flitme? v. un-f.

fliusum (OET) = flēosum dp. of flēos.

flōc n. flounder? WW.

flōcan7 to clap, applaud, Rd 2134.

flocc m. ‘flock,’ company, troop, Æ, Chr.

floccmǣlum in troops, AO. [‘flockmeal’]

flocgian to shine forth, GPH 399.

flocrād f. invading band, troop, Chr.

flocslite m. sedition, WW 11626; A 8·451.

flōd mn. mass of water, ‘flood,’ wave, Æ, Gen, Mt, VPs; AO, CP: flow (of tide as opposed to ebb), tide, flux, current, stream, Chr; AO: the flood, deluge, B, Lk; Æ.

flōdblāc pale as water? pale through fear of drowning, Ex 497.

flōde f. channel, gutter, Gl: flood? (Earle), EC 12031.

flōdegsa m. flood terror, Ex 446.

flōden of a river, WW 240.

flōdhamm m. piece of land surrounded by water? KC 1·28916.

flōdlic of or belonging to a stream, ÆGr 549.

flōdweard † f. sea-wall.

flōdweg † m. watery way, sea.

flōdwudu m. ship, Cr 854.

flōdwylm † m. flowing stream, raging billows. [weallan]

flōdȳð f. wave of the sea, B 542.

flogen I. pp. of flēon.

II. pp. of flēogan.

floggettan to fly, flutter, Sc; GD 10019.

Entry before author’s corrections: floggettan to fluctuate. [flēogan]

flogoða m. liquor, GPH 402.

flōh f. chip, WW 4164.

flohtenfōte web-footed, Lcd 33b.

flōr fm. ds. flōra, flōre ‘floor,’ pavement, ground, B, Lk; Æ: bottom (of a lake, etc.), Sat.

flōrisc flowery, CM 44.

flōrstān m. paving-stone, tessella.

flot n. deep water, sea. on flot(e) afloat. [‘float’]

flota m. (floater), boat, ship, vessel: fleet sailor: (†) pirate. [‘float’]

+flota m. floater (whale), Whale 7.

floten pp. of flēotan.

floterian to flutter, fly, Æ: float, be flooded, overflow, Æ.

flothere m. piratical fleet, B 2915.

flotian to ‘float,’ Chr. [flēotan]

flotlic nautical, naval, WW 20527.

flotmann m. sailor, pirate, Æ.

flotorian = floterian

flotscip n. ship, bark, WW.

flotsmeru n. floating grease, fat, LL 453[4].

flotweg m. ocean, Hu 41.

flōwan7 to ‘flow,’ stream, issue, Ps, Sol, VPs; AO, CP: become liquid, melt, VPs: abound: (+) overflow, AO.

flōwednes, flōwnes f. flow, flux, overflow, torrent, CP.

flōwende ‘flowing,’ Ma 65.

flōwendlic flowing, LPs 14718.

flōwing f. ‘flowing,’ MtL.

flugl- (OET 26) = fugl-

flugol fleet, swift: fleeting.

flugon I. pret. pl. of flēogan.

II. pret. pl. of flēon.

III. = fulgon pret. pl. of fēolan.

fluton pret. pl. of flēotan.

flycerian = flicerian

flycge fledged, OEG.

flycticlāð (Gl) = flihteclāð

flyge (i) m. flight.

flȳge = flēoge

flygepīl n. flying dart, Mod 27.

flygerēow wild in flight, Gu 321.

flygul = flugol

flȳhst pres. 2 sg. of flēon.

flyht m. I. flying, ‘flight,’ Æ (i), OET. on flyhte on the wing.

II. = fliht

flyhthwæt † swift of flight.

flȳhð pres. 3 sg. of flēon.

flȳm- = flīem-

+flȳn = +flīan

flyne (e) f. batter, Lcd.

flȳs (Æ) = flīes

flyt = flit

flȳt- = flīt-

flȳt pres. 3 sg. of flēotan.

flȳte I. m? ‘pontomium,’ boat, WW. [cp. flēot]

II. f. = flīete

flȳtme f. fleam (blood-letting instrument). [L. phlebotomum]

flyð = flyht

±fnæd n. nap. fnadu fringe, border, hem, Æ.

fnǣran, fnǣrettan to breathe heavily, snort, fume. v. NC 356.

fnæs I. n. dp. fnasum fringe, WW 42527.

II. pret. 3 sg. of fnesan.

fnǣst m. blowing, blast, breath, Lcd. [‘fnast’]

fnǣstian to breathe hard, Lcd. [v. ‘fnast’]

fnēosan to breathe hard, sneeze.

fnēosung f. sneezing, WW. [v. ‘fnese’]

±fnēsan5 to sneeze: pant, gasp.

fnora m. sneezing, Æ, Gl.

fō pres. 1 sg. of fōn.

foca m. cake (baked on the hearth), ÆL 18164.

fōda m. ‘food,’ sustenance, nourishment, Æ, CD: fuel, Sc.

fodder = fōdor

foddor, foddur = fōdor

fōdor n. ‘fodder’ (for cattle), food (for man), Æ, LL: case, sheath, Gl.

fōdorbrytta (fodder-) m. distributor of food, herdsman, WW 11139.

fōdorgifu (foddur-) food, PPs.

fōdorhec (fodder-) rack for food or fodder, LL 455[17].

fōdornoð m. sustenance.

fōdorðegu † f. partaking of food, feeding, repast, food.

fōdorwela (foddur-) m. wealth of food, provisions, Rd 3310.

fōdrað m. provisions, AO.

foe- (N) = fe-, fē-

+fōg n. joining, joint.

+fōgstān (fōh) m. keystone, CP 25319.

fōh imperat. of fōn.

foht = feoht

fohten pp. of feohtan.

fol (wk. adj.) = full

+fol adj. with foal.

fol- = ful-

fola m. ‘foal,’ colt, Bl, Mk; Æ.

folc n. folk, people, nation, tribe, Æ, B; AO, CP: a collection or class of persons, laity, Bl, Bo: troop, army.

folcāgende † ruling.

folcbealo n. great tribulation, Men 125.

folcbearn † n. man.

folccū (folcū) f. people’s cow, PPs 6727.

folccūð noted: public, BH.

folccwēn f. queen of a nation, B 641.

folccwide n. popular saying, NC 287.

folccyning † m. king of a nation.

folcdryht † f. multitude of people.

folcefiren † f. public crime.

folcegetrum = folcgetrum

folcegsa m. general terror, PPs 8833.

folcfrēa m. lord of the people, Gen 1852.

folcfrig having full rights of citizenship, LL 13[8]; 344[45].

folcgedrēfnes f. tribulation, NC 287.

folcgefeoht n. pitched battle, AO.

folcgemōt n. meeting of the people of a town or district, LL. [‘folkmoot’]

folcgerēfa m. public officer, WW.

folcgeriht = folcriht

folcgesetnes f. statute.

folcgesīð † m. prince, noble.

folcgestealla † m. companion in war.

folcgestrēon n. public treasure, Gen 1981.

folcgetæl n. number of fighting men, Ex 229.

folcgetrum † n. army, host.

folcgeðrang n. crowd, AO 13426.

folcgewinn n. fighting, war, Met 110.

folcisc of the people, popular, secular, common.

folclǣsung = folclēasung

folclagu f. law of the people, public law.

folcland n. land held by freemen according to tribal rules of family inheritance, v. LL 2·403.

folclār f. homily, Gd.

folclēasung f. slander, LL.

folclic public, common, popular, plebeian, worldly, secular, GD 20913.

folcmægen † n. public force, army.

folcmǣgð † f. tribe, nation.

folcmǣlum = floccmǣlum

folcmǣre celebrated, Gen 1801.

folcmōt = folcgemōt

folcnēd f. people’s need, PPs 7716.

folcrǣd † m. public benefit.

folcrǣden f. decree of the people, Cra 42.

folcriht I. n. right of the people, common law, LL. [‘folkright’]

II. adj. according to common law.

folcsæl n. house, Rd 25.

folcscearu † f. people, nation, province: people’s land, B 73 (Earle).

folcsceaða m. villain, An 1595.

folcscipe m. nation, people, Rd 3310.

folcslite n. sedition, WW 11126.

folcstede † m. dwelling-place: battlefield.

folcstōw f. country place, BH 16016.

folcswēot m? troop, multitude, Ex 577.

folctalu f. genealogy.

folctoga † m. chieftain, commander.

folctruma m. host, LPs.

folcū = folccū

folcweleg populous, WW 47616.

folcwer † m. man.

folcwiga m. warrior, Rd 1523.

folcwita m. public councillor, senator, Cra 77.

folcwōh n. deception of the public, ÆL 23691.

foldærn † n. earth-house, grave.

foldāgend m. earth-possessor, earth-dweller, Ph 5. (MS. folcāgend)

foldbold n. house, castle, B 773.

foldbūend m. earth-dweller, man, inhabitant of a country, CP.

folde (eo) f. earth, ground, soil, terra firma, B, Jud: land, country, region: world.

foldgræf † n. earth-grave.

foldgrǣg grey as the earth? GnC 31.

foldhrērende walking on the earth, Pa 5.

foldræst f. rest in the earth, Cr 1029.

foldwæstm m. fruits of the earth, Ph 654.

foldweg † m. way, path, road: earth.

foldwela m. earthly riches, Rim 68.

foldwong † m. plain, earth.

folen, folgen pp. of fēolan.

folgað (AO) = folgoð

folgere m. ‘follower,’ attendant, disciple, Æ, CP: successor, AO 15027: freeman who is not a householder.

±folgian (often w. d.) to ‘follow,’ Jn, Lk: accompany, Ps: follow after, B: (+) attain, CP 38327: obey, serve, oberve, El. (v. also fylgan).

folgoð m. body of retainers, following, retinue: pursuit, employment, service, dignity, office, rule, Æ, AO, CP: jurisdiction, district: condition of life, destiny.

folm †, folme f. palm, hand. [fēlan]

fon = fann

fōn7 (±) to take, grasp, seize, catch, B, BH, Gen; CP, Æ: capture, make prisoner, Chr: receive, accept, assume, undertake, B, Sol; CP: meet with, encounter. f. on take up, begin, resume, Æ: take to, Æ, Bo. f. tō rīce ascend the throne, Æ, AO. f. tōgædre join together, join issue, engage in battle. him tōgēanes feng clutched at him, B. him on fultum feng helped them, Jud 300. hlyst +f. listen. [‘fang,’ ‘i-fang’]

fond = fand pret. 3 sg. of findan.

fong- = fang-

fonn = fann

font == fant

fonu = fanu

for I. prep. (with d., inst. and a.) (local) before, in the sight of, in or into the presence of, B, Gen: as far as, IM 11913: (temporal) during, before: (causal) ‘for,’ on account of, for the sake of, through, because of, owing to, from, by reason of, Æ, B, Gen, Met. for worulde as regards this world, Æ. for Dryhtne by God: in order to: in place of, instead of, equivalent to, at the price of, Æ, Gu, Mt: in preference to, Rood: in spite of, Chr.

II. conj. for, because. for hwȳ, for hwām, for hwon wherefore? for ðām, for ðon, for ðȳ therefore, because, since. for ðām ðe (ðȳ), for ðȳ ðe because. for ðȳ ðæt, for ðām ðæt in order that.

III. adv. too, very, Æ. for ān only.

for- I. denotes loss or destruction (as in fordōn, forgiefan), or is intensitive or pejorative, as in forbærnan, forrotian. It is not connected with the preposition ‘for.’ Its original form was fer- [cp. Ger. ver-].

II. occly = fore-

fōr I. f. going, course, journey, expedition, BH; AO: way, manner of life. [faran]

II. m. pig, hog, OEG.

III. pret. 3 sg. of faran.

fora (N) = foran

fora- = fore-

forad = forod

foran I. prep. (w. d.) before, opposite.

II. adv. before, in front, forward, Rd; Æ, AO, CP: to the front, Da. foran ongean opposite. [‘forne’]

foranbodig n. thorax, chest, WW 15841.

forandæg early part of the day? Æ (NC), first day? (BT).

forane = foran II.

foranhēafod n. forehead, Æ.

foranniht f. early part of the night, dusk, evening, Æ.

forantō prep. (w. d.) before.

forāð = foreāð

forbærnan to cause to burn, burn up, consume by fire, be consumed, Æ, Chr; AO. [‘forburn’]

forbærnednes f. burning up, Lcd.

forbearan = forberan

forbearnan = forbærnan

fōrbed n. portable bed, litter, ZDA 31.

forbēgan = forbīgan

forbelgan3 to be enraged, Bl.

forbēn f. prayer, DHy 13813.

forbēodan2 to ‘forbid,’ prohibit, Chr, G; Æ: restrain, Ps: refuse, Lk: repeal, annul, LL 42[49].

forbēodendlic dehortative, dissuasive, ÆGr 22511.

forbeornan3 (e, y) to burn, be consumed by fire, AO.

forberan I. (sv4) to ‘forbear,’ abstain from, refrain, CP: suffer, endure, tolerate, humour, CP, B, BH: restrain.

II. = foreberan

forbernan = forbeornan

forberstan3 to break, burst asunder, vanish, fail, LL: let go by default, EC 201´. [‘forburst’]

forbētan = forebētan

forbīgan (ē, ȳ) to bend down, bow down, depreciate, abase, humiliate, degrade.

forbīgels m. arch, arched roof, WW 1263.

forbindan3 to bind (up), muzzle, CP 1057. [‘forbind’]

forbisen = forebysen

forbītan1 to bite through, HL 18391.

forblāwan7 to blow, AO: blow out, inflate, Lcd. [‘forblow’]

forblindian to blind, MkR 652.

fōrbōc f. itinerary, OEG 2023.

forbod n. prohibition, LL; CP. [‘forbode’]

forboda = foreboda

forbrecan5 (æ2) to break in pieces, bruise, violate, crush, destroy, Jn; AO, CP. forbrocen broken down, decrepit. [‘forbreak’]

for-brēdan3, -bregdan to tear in pieces: draw over, cover: change, transform, Bo. [‘forbraid’]

for-britan, -brittan = forbryttan

forbryt-ednes (ESPs), -ennes (V2Ps) f. contrition.

forbrytian = forbryttan

forbryttan to break in pieces, crush, bruise.

forbūgan2 to bend from, refrain from, avoid, decline, Æ, Ma; CP: flee from, escape, CP: hold down. [‘forbow’]

forbȳgan = forbīgan

forbyrd f. abstention, AO 3025.

forbyrdian to wait for, EPs 3220.

forbyrdig forbearing, NC 287.

forbyrnan (Æ) = forbeornan

force f. ‘fork,’ Æ, WW.

forcēap forestalling (in trade), LL 234[2,10]. [= *forecēap]

forceorfan3 to carve out, cut down, cut off, cut through, divide, Æ, Chr; AO, CP. [‘forcarve’]

forcēwan2 to bite off, Bo 3623.

for-cierran (CP) -cerran to turn aside, prevent, avert, avoid, CP: turn oneself away, escape.

forcierrednes (y2) f. perversity, GD 11915: turning aside, BPs 1251.

forcierring (e, y) f. turning aside, CVPs 1251.

forcinnan to deny, disown? Sol 107.

forcippian (y) to cut off, RHy 212. [cp. Eng. chip]

forclǣman to stop up, Gl.

forclas mp. prongs? NC 287.

forclingan3 to wither, shrink up, Cp. [‘forcling’]

forclyccan to stop, close (ears), RPs 575.

forclȳsan to close up, Lcd 3·9222.

forcnīdan = forgnīdan

forcuman4 to come before, prevent, surprise: harass, wear out, destroy: overcome, conquer, obtain: surpass.

forcunnian to tempt: understand.

for-cūð (Æ) bad, wicked, infamous, foul, despicable, Æ, Bo; AO, CP. adv. -cūðe. [‘forcouth’]

forcūðlic = forcūð

forcūðlīce = forcūðe

forcweðan5 to speak ill of, abuse, revile, CP: reprove: refuse, reject, CP: boast, promise great things, GnE 49.

forcwolstan3? to swallow, Lcd 18a.

forcwȳsan to shake violently, SPs 1097.

forcyppian = forcippian

forcyrran (Æ) = forcierran

forcȳðan to surpass in knowledge: understand: argue, urge.

ford m. ds. forda ‘ford,’ Æ, AO; Mdf.

fordǣlan to spend.

fordēad dead, MtL 284.

fordelfan3 to delve, dig, EC 12028.

fordēman to condemn, sentence, doom, Mt; Æ: prejudice, EC 145: decide, Sc 1255. [‘fordeem’]

fordēmedlic to be condemned, GD 2089.

fordēmednes f. condemnation, proscription, BH 345, GD 3453.

fordēmend m. accuser, JnL p59.

fordēmian = fordēman

fordēming f. plunder, spoliation, OEG 3149.

fordemman to dam up, block up, EPs 575.

fordettan (KGl) = fordyttan

fordīcigan to shut out by a ditch, block up, CP.

for-dilgian, -dilegian, -diligian to blot out, destroy, abolish, BH. [‘fordilghe’]

fordimmian to obscure, darken, Sc. [‘fordim’]

fordittan = fordyttan

fordōn anv. to undo, bring to nought, ruin, destroy, BH; AO, Æ: abolish, Chr: kill, Æ, AO: corrupt, seduce, defile. pp. fordōn corrupt, wicked, abandoned. [‘fordo’]

fordrǣfan to drive, compel, LL 24[62].

fordrencan (æ) to make drunk, intoxicate, Æ. [‘fordrench’] pp. fordruncen drunk, CP. [‘fordrunken’]

fordrīfan1 to drive, sweep away: drive on, impel, compel, AO: drive away, expel, Æ. [Ger. vertreiben]

fordrifnes f. objection, opposition, NG.

fordrincan3 to make drunk, be drunk, CP.

fordrūgian to become dry, wither, Met. [‘fordry’]

fordrūwian = fordrūgian

forduttan (VPs) = fordyttan

fordwilman to confound, Bo 145.

fordwīnan1 to vanish, Æ. [‘fordwine’]

fordyslic very foolish, Bo 4210.

fordyttan (e, i, u) to obstruct, block up, close, Cp; Æ. [‘fordit’]

fore I. prep. w. d. a. (local) before, in the sight of, in presence of, B: (causal) because of, for the sake of, through, on account of, by reason of, from, BH: (temporal) before, Cr: for, instead of.

II. adv. before, beforehand, formerly, once, Ps. [‘fore’]

fore- occly. = for-

foreald (y2) very old, RB 11411.

forealdian to grow old, decay, BH; Æ, CP. [‘forold’]

foreāstreccan to lay low, overthrow, EPs 10526.

foreāð m. preliminary oath, LL (v. 2·546). [‘foreoath’]

forēaðe very easily, Æ.

fore-bēacen, -bēacn (Æ), -bēcen n. sign, portent, prodigy.

forebegān to intercept, Chr 1009e.

foreberan to prefer, BH 2947.

forebētan to make legal amends (vicariously), LL.

forebirig = forebyrig, ds. of foreburh.

forebiscop m. high priest, MtL 118 (mg).

forebisegian to preoccupy, OEG 1236.

foreblǣsting (ē) f. shoot, branch, EPs 7912.

fōrebōc (HGl 454) = fōrbōc

forebod n. prophecy, preaching, NG.

foreboda m. forerunner, messenger, ANS 8414.

forebodian to announce, declare.

forebodung f. prophecy, NG.

forebrǣdan to prolong, EPs 1195: overshadow, MkL 97.

forebrēost n. chest, WW.

foreburh f. outwork: outer court, vestibule, Æ.

forebyrd f. longsuffering, CP 4117.

forebysen f. example.

foreceorfan3 ‘præcidere,’ ÆGr 1724.

foreceorfend m. front tooth, WW 26411.

forecēosan to chose in preference, BCJRPs 13113,14.

foreclipian (y) ‘proclamare,’ BHy 34; ANS 122·265.

forecnēowrisn progeny, EPs.

forecostigan to profane, EPs 8832.

forecostung f. profanation, EPs 8835.

forecuman4 to come before, prevent, BH: overcome? Ps: come out, come upon, NG. [‘forecome’]

forecweðan5 to preach, predict.

forecweden aforesaid, GD 12; 344.

forecwide m. prophecy: introduction, heading (of chapter), NG.

forecyme m. proceeding forth, MtL p43.

fore-cynren, -cynrēd n. progeny.

forecȳðan to make known to, TC 30024: ‘pronuntiare,’ EPs 7015.

fored = forod

fore-dyre, -dere n. vestibule, OEG (T. 135).

foredyrstig? ‘presumptuosus,’ LL 409[22].

forefæger very fair, ES 8·47989.

fore-feng, fong = forfang

forefēran to go before.

forefex n. forelock, OEG 5326; 2453.

forefōn7 to prevent, anticipate.

foregān anv., foregangan7 to go before, precede, BH, VPs: go in front of, project: excel. [‘forego’]

forege- = for(e)-

foregearwung f. preparation, parasceve.

foregebiddan5 to intercede, RB 628.

foregehāt n. vow, ÆL 23b543.

foregehātan to promise: invite, NG.

foregenga m. forerunner: predecessor, ancestor, CP: attendant, Jud 127.

foregengel (for-) m. predecessor, Chr 963e.

foregescēaw- = forescēaw-

foregesecgan to predestine, MtL p19.

foregesettan = foresettan

foregeswuteliende ‘indagande,’ OEG 1504.

foregetēon2 to point out, HGl 411.

foregeðingian = foreðingian

foregidd n. proverb, JnR 1629.

foregielpan3 to vaunt, AO.

foregīsl m. preliminary hostage (Swt); foremost hostage (BT), Chr 878.

foreglēaw foreseeing, provident, wise, prudent, Æ. adv. -līce.

foregyrnan to show before, Sc 20317.

forehālig very holy, ANS 84·3.

forehūs n. porch, LV 33.

forehȳran to hear of, Bl.

foreiernend m. forerunner, WW 3396.

forelād-tēow, -twa m. precursor, LkLR 2226.

forelǣdan to lead forth, MtL 1514.

forelǣrend m. teacher, Bl 14913.

forelār f. preaching, MtL p165.

forelcian to delay, NC 288.

foreldan = forieldan

forelegnis = forlegis

forelēoran to go before, pass by, NG.

forelēornes f. ‘prævaricatio,’ transgression, EPs 1003 (cp. ofer-l.).

forelocc m. ‘forelock,’ OEG.

forelōcian ‘prospicere, respicere, aspicere,’ EPs.

foremǣre illustrious, renowned, famous, Æ.

foremǣrlic eminent, Bo 7524.

foremǣrnes f. eminence, fame, Bo.

foremanian to forewarn, BH 41230.

foremanig very many, MtL p1812.

foremeahtig = foremihtig

foremearcod before-mentioned, CM 378.

foremearcung (e2) f. title, chapter, NG.

foremihtig (ea) very strong, most mighty. adv. -līce.

fōremunt m. promontory, WW 46417.

forene = forane

forenyme m. taking before, Gl.

forerīm m. prologue.

forerynel m. forerunner, herald, morning star, Æ, CP.

foresacan6 to forbid, MtL 314.

foresǣd aforesaid, Æ. [‘foresaid’]

fore-sægdnes, -saga f. preface, NG.

foresændan = foresendan

forescēawere (for-) m. ‘provisor,’ ES 39·327.

forescēawian to ‘foreshow,’ foresee, Æ: pre-ordain, decree, appoint, Æ: provide, furnish with, Æ.

forescēawodlīce with forethought, thoughtfully, CM 76.

forescēawung f. contemplation, foresight, providence, Sc; Æ. [‘foreshowing’]

forescēotan2 (for-) to anticipate, forestall, Bo 12411.

forescieldnes f. ‘protectio,’ EPs 1205.

forescyttels m. bolt, bar, Cr 312.

foresēcan to appeal (for justice), LL 152[3] and nn.

foresecgan to mention before, Æ: foretell, BH; Æ.

foreseld n. first seat, MtL 236.

foresellan to spend, advance (money).

foresendan to send before.

foresēon5 to ‘foresee,’ Ps: provide, BH: provide for, BH.

foresēond m. provider, BH 33810.

foresēones foresight, providence, BH.

fore-setnes, -setenes f. proposition, purpose: preposition, ÆGr.

foresettan to place before, shut in, VPs: propose: prefer: precede. [‘foreset’]

foresingend m. precentor, WW 12921.

foresittan5 to preside over, BH.

fore-smēagan, -smēan to think beforehand.

foresnotor very wise, B 3163.

forespǣc = foresprǣc

forespeca = forespreca

fore-sprǣc (CP), -sprēc, -spǣc (WW) f. advocacy, defence, excuse: agreement, arrangement: preamble, preface, prologue, Æ, CP: promise. [‘forespeech’]

forespreca m. intercessor, advocate, mediator: sponsor, LL 442[I].

foresprecan5 to speak or answer for, be surety for, intercede for, CP: say before. foresprecen above-mentioned, aforesaid, Bo: = forspecan. [‘forespoken’]

forestæppan (Æ) = foresteppan

forestæppend m. precursor, Lk 2226.

forestæppung f. anticipation, A 8·331.

forestandan6 to preside, lead: excel, WW 46415.

forestapul going before, GPH 196.

foresteall (for-) m. intervention, hindrance (of justice): ambush, assault, offence of waylaying on the highway, Æ, LL: fine for such an offence: resistance, opposition. [‘forestall’]

forestemman to prevent, hinder, NG.

forestēora m. look-out man, pilot, WW 4648.

foresteppan6 (æ) to precede, go before, Æ: excel: forestall, prevent.

forestigan1 to excel, ÆGr 15411n.

forestige m. vestibule, OEG 4688 and n.

forestihtian to fore~ordain, Æ.

forestihtung f. predestination, Æ.

foreswerian6 to swear before, Æ.

foretācn n. ‘fore-token,’ prognostic, prodigy, sign, wonder, Bo; CP.

foretācnian to foreshow, BH 21617.

foreteohhung f. predestination, Bo.

foretēon to fore-ordain, frame beforehand, arrange.

foretēð mp. front teeth, WW. [‘foretooth’]

foretīg m. forecourt, porch, Mt 1116.

foretȳnd shut in, BH 3862.

foreðanc m. forethought, providence, consideration, deliberation, CP.

foreðanclic thoughtful, careful, prudent, CP. adv. -līce.

foreðancol provident, prudent, considerate, CP.

foreðancolnes f. prudence, PPs 483.

foreðencan to premeditate, consider, be mindful, CP. [‘forethink’]

foreðingere m. intercessor, mediator, Æ.

foreðingian to plead for any one, intercede, defend.

foreðingiend m. intercessor.

fore-ðingrǣden, -ðingung f. intercession, Æ.

foreðonc == foreðanc

forewall = foreweall

foreward = foreweard

forewarnian to take warning beforehand.

foreweall m. rampart, bulwark, Ex. [‘forewall’]

foreweard (a2, e2) I. f. condition, bargain, agreement, treaty, assurance.

II. m. outpost, scout.

III. adj. ‘forward,’ inclined to the front, Æ, BH: fore, early, former, Æ. f. gēar new year.

IV. adv. (-wearde at AS 554) in front, CP: towards the future, Gen. fram foreweardum once more, RB.

foreweorðan3 to predestinate, MkL p120.

fore-wesan anv. pret. 3 sg. -wæs to be over, rule over, BH.

forewīs foreknowing, HL 18363.

forewitan swv. to foreknow, Bo. [‘forewit’]

forewītegian to prophesy, Æ.

forewītegung f. prophecy, OEG.

forewitig foreknowing, Æ.

forewitol foreknowing, Chr 1067d.

forewittlendlic prescient, OEG 1502.

forewitung f. foreknowing, presage.

foreword = foreweard

forewost (e3) m. chief, captain, NG.

forewrēgan = forwrēgan

forewrītan1 to proscribe, banish. forewriten above or before-written, CM 276540.

forewritennes f. proscription, exile, WW 4665.

forewyrcend m. servant, ÆL 3156.

forewyrd f. predestination, Gl.

forfang (forefeng) m. capture, (legal) seizure, recovery of cattle or other property, LL: reward for rescuing properly, LL (v. 388-391 and 2·279). [‘forfang’]

forfangfeoh n. reward for rescuing cattle or other property. [LL 390, 3, 2]

forfaran6 to pass away, perish, Chr: lose, destroy, ruin: intercept, obstruct.

forfeng I. pret. 3 sg. of forfōn.

II. = forfang

forfēran (Æ) = forðfēran

forferian to let die, LL 58[17].

forflēon2 to flee from, escape, avoid, evade, Æ.

forflȳgan to put to flight, ZDA 31·16418.

forfōn7 to seize: anticipate, forestall: surprise: prevent: forfeit.

forfyllan to stop up, obstruct, WW 46310.

forg- = foreg-

forgǣgan to transgress, trespass, prevaricate, Æ: pass by, omit, neglect, OEG, W.

forgǣgednes f. transgression, trespass, Æ.

forgǣgung f. fault, excess, Sc 1159.

forgǣlan to avoid, LkL.

forgān I. anv. to go or pass over, by or away, Æ, MtL: ‘forgo,’ abstain from, neglect, lose, Æ; CP, Æ.

II. = foregān

forgedōn = fordōn

forgeearnung f. merit, DHy 1321.

forgefenes = forgiefnes

forgēgan = forgǣgan

forgeldan = forgieldan

forgēm- = forgīm-, forgīem-

forgeorne very earnestly, very attentively, Bl.

forget = forgiet pres. 3 sg. of forgietan.

forgiefan5 (i, y) to give, grant, allow; BH, Bl; CP: ‘forgive,’ overlook, Gen, Lk, Mt; AO, CP: give up, leave off, CP: give in marriage.

forgiefnes (i, y) f. pardon, ‘forgiveness,’ remission, Bl; CP: indulgence, permission, BH (i): gift? Cr 425.

forgieldan3 (e, i, y) to pay for, CP: requite, reward, Bl; AO, CP: indemnify, make good: pay double (as penalty), LL: give. [‘foryield’]

forgielpan3 to boast in public, trumpet forth, W 23416.

forgīemelēasian (ī, ȳ) to neglect, abandon, give up, omit, CP.

forgietan5 (i, y) w. a. or g. to ‘forget,’ B, Ma, Ps; AO, CP. For comps. v. forgit-.

forgif- = forgief-

for-gifenlic, -gifendlic that may be forgiven, Mt: dative, ÆGr 2216 (y2). [‘forgivelich’]

forgifestre f. female giver, DHy 496.

forgifu f. ‘gratia,’ DHy 787.

forgifung f. gift.

forgildan = forgieldan

forgīman (ē, ȳ) to neglect, pass by, transgress, B (ē). [‘foryeme’]

forgīmelēasian = forgīemelēasian

forgitan = forgietan

forgitel (eo2, y2, o3, u3) forgetful, Æ. [‘forgetel’]

forgitelnes (y2) f. forgetfulness, oblivion, LPs.

forgiten pp. forgetting: forgetful.

forgiting f. forgetfulness, CM 1065.

forglendr-an, -ian to devour, swallow up, W.

forgnagan6 to eat up, Æ. [‘forgnaw’]

forgnīdan1 to grind together, dash down, crush, break, LPs. [‘forgnide’]

forgniden contrite.

forgnidennes f. tribulation, LPs 133; APs 1463.

forgnȳdan = forgnīdan

forgrindan3 to grind down, ruin, destroy, consume.

forgrindet n. grinding, pounding, Cp 776c.

forgrīpan1 to seize, assail, attack, overwhelm.

forgrōwen grown up? overgrown? Rim 46. [v. ‘forgrow’]

forgumian (LL 474, 2) = forgīman

forgyf- = forgief-, forgif-

forgyldan = forgieldan

forgyltan to sin, be or become guilty, W. forgylt condemned, guilty.

forgȳm- = forgīm-, forgīem-

forgyrd = forðgyrd

forgyrdan to enclose, encircle.

forgyt- = forgiet-, forgit-

for-habban, pret. 3 sg. -hæfde to hold in, restrain, retain, keep back: draw back, refrain from, avoid, Æ. forhæfed continent, abstemious.

forhæbbenda m. abstinent, continent person, CP.

forhǣfd = forhēafod

forhæf(e)dnes f. temperance, continence, self-restraint, abstinence, BH; Æ, CP: parsimony. [‘forhevedness’]

forhǣðed burnt up.

forhātan7 to renounce, forswear, Æ. [‘forhight’] se forhātena the devil, Gen 609.

forhēafdnes (AS 2216) = forhǣfednes

forhēafod n. ‘forehead,’ brow, skull, WW; Æ. [= fore-]

forhealdan7 to forsake, fall away from, rebel against, B: defile, pollute, Bl: keep back, withhold, LL 130, 6, 1: misuse, abuse. [‘forhold’]

forhealdnes f. unchastity, NC 288.

forheard very hard, Ma 156.

forheardian to grow hard, LVPs 896.

forhēawan7 to hew in pieces, cut down, kill, Ma. [‘forhew’]

forhefednes = forhæfednes

forhegan (KGl) = forhogian

forhelan4 to cover over, conceal, hide, protect, Æ, Bo; CP. sacne f. conceal a guilty man. [‘forhele’]

for-hellan? -hellian to hide, OEG 5410n.

forhergend m. ravager, Gl.

for-hergian, -herigean, -heregian to plunder, harry, ravage, devastate, destroy, AO, CP. [Ger. verheeren]

for-hergung, -her(g)iung f. harassing, devastation, AO 7436.

forhicgan = forhycgan

forhīenan to cast down, defeat, humiliate, humble, outrage, oppress, waste, AO. [Ger. verhöhnen]

forhigan = forhycgan

for-hoged-, -hogd- = forhogod-

forhogian to neglect, disregard, despise, BH; Æ, CP. [‘forhow’]

forhogiend m. despiser.

forhogodlic contemptuous, Bl 7723. adv. -līce.

forhogodnes f. contempt.

forhogung f. contempt, BPs, CM.

forhohnes = forhogodnes

forhradian to hasten before, prevent, anticipate, frustrate, Æ, CP.

forhraðe very speedily, quickly, soon, Æ.

forhrēred annulled, WW.

forht afraid, timid, cowardly, AO, CP: frightful, terrible. adv. forhte despairingly.

forhtful fainthearted, timorous.

±forhtian (tr. and intr.) to be afraid, surprised, fear, dread, Æ.

forhtiendlic timorous, WW 4425.

forhtige humbly, submissively, RB 705.

forhtigend timid, W: dreadful, W.

forhtlic fearful, afraid. adv. -līce.

forhtmōd timorous, timid, Æ.

forhtnes f. fear, terror, Æ.

forhtung f. fear, Æ.

forhugian = forhogian

forhwæn, forhwan = forhwon

forhweorfan3 to come to an end, be destroyed.

forhwerfan = forhwierfan

for-hwī, -hwig = forhwȳ

forhwierfan (e, eo, i, y) to change, transform: remove, transfer: pervert, CP.

forhwon wherefore, why, for what reason.

forhwȳ (ī2) why, wherefore, Ps. [‘forwhy’]

forhwyrfan = forhwierfan

forhwyrfedlic perverse, Bl 314.

forhwyrfednes f. perversity, NC 288.

forhycgan to disdain, despise, reject, CP.

forhȳdan to hide, Ps; CP. [‘forhide’]

forhygdelic despised, LPs 118141.

forhylman to refuse obedience to, An 735.

forhȳnan = forhīenan

forhyrdan (i) to harden, EPPs 948. [heard]

forieldan to put off, delay, CP.

foriernan3 to run before, outrun, Jn 204 (fore- JnL). [‘forerun’]

forinlīce thoroughly, exceedingly, Bo 946.

forinweardlīce thoroughly, genuinely, Bo 13715.

forlācan7 † to mislead, seduce, deceive, betray.

forlǣdan to mislead, seduce, Æ, AO, CP: bring out (= forð-), Æ. [Ger. verleiten]

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