Fele, (?) hide, B. 914. Fele, many, A. 21, 927. A.S. _féla_. Fele (feel), taste, B. 107. Fele-kyn, many kinds of, B. 1483. Felle, cruel, severe; _felle chere_, stern countenance, B. 139; sharp, A. 367; B. 156, 1737; boisterous, rough, B. 421; bitter, B. 954. Felly, fiercely, bitterly, B. 559, 571. Felonye, crime, sin, A. 800; B. 205. Feloun, sinner, criminal, B. 217. Felt, hair, B. 1689. A.S. _felt_. Du. _velt_, felt, cloth. Cf. W. _gwallt_, Gael. _falt_, hair of the head. Femmale, female, B. 696. Fende, fiend, devil, B. 205, 1341. Fende, fend, B. 1191. Fr. _defendre_. Fenden, of fiends, B. 224. Feng, took (_pret._ of fonge), B. 377. Fenny, dirty, vile, B. 1113. Cf. S.Prov.E. _venny_, mouldy. A.S. _fenn_, mud, dirt. Goth. _fani_. Fenyx, phenix, A. 430. Fer, far, A. 334. Ferd, Ferde, frightened, B. 897, 975. Ferde, fear, B. 386; C. 215. A.S. _forhtian_, to fear; _forht_, fear. Ferde, went, _pret._ of _fare_, B. 1106. Fere, a companion; _in fere_, in company, together, A. 89, 884; B. 985, 1062. A.S. _fera_, _gefera_, a companion. Fereȝ, carries, A. 98. A.S. _férian_. Fereȝ, companions, A. 1150. See _fere_. Ferke up, get up, B. 897; ferke over, go, walk over, B. 133. “The freike upon faire wise _ferke_ out of lyne.” --(T. B. 145.) “He salle _ferkke_ before And I salle come aftyre.” --(Morte Arthure, p. 347.) “Now _ferkes_ to the fyrthe, thees fresche mene of armes.” --(_Ibid._ p. 209.) “The kyng _ferkes_ furthe on a faire stede.” --(_Ibid._ p. 202.) In T. B. 185, it is used transitively. The verb _to ferk_ seems to be related to the Eng. _firk_, a quick movement, jerk, etc. A.S. _frician_, to dance. Ferly, _adj._ wondrous, A. 1084; _adv._ wonderfully, B. 269, 960; _sb._ wonder, astonishment, A. 1086; marvel, B. 1529. A.S. _fær_, _færlice_, sudden. Ferlyly, exceedingly, B. 962. Ferre, farther, _comp._ of _fer_, B. 97, 98. Fers, fierce, B. 101. Ferslych, fiercely, C. 337. Feryed, ferried, A. 946. O.N. _feria_ (from _fara_, to go), to transport; set over. Fest, fast, C. 290. Fest, Feste, feast, A. 283; B. 642, 1758. Festen, fasten, establish, B. 156, 327, 1255; C. 273. Fester, B. 1040. Festiual, festive, B. 136. Fete, _in fete_, indeed, B. 1106. O.Fr. _faict_. Fr. _fait_, a deed, feat. Feþer-beddes, C. 158. Fetly = featly, aptly, fitly, B. 585. See _fete_. Fette, fetch, B. 802. Fettle, set in order, provide, make, B. 343, 585; C. 38, 435. Prov.E. _fettle_, set in order, etc. O.Fris. _fitia_, to adorn. Goth. _fetjan_. Norse, _fitla_, to labour at a thing in order to get it right. Pl.D. _fisseln_, to bustle about. Fettre, fetter, B. 1255. Feture, feature, B. 794. {Fetys, Fetyse,} neat, well made, B. 174; dexterity, B. 1103. O.Fr. _faictis_. Lat. _factitius_, well made, neat, handsome. Fetysely, handsomely, beautifully, B. 1462. Feȝt, fight, B.