fâh, fâg, adj., _many-colored, variegated, of varying color_ (especially said of the color of gold, of bronze, and of blood, in which the beams of light are refracted): nom. sg. fâh (_covered with blood_), 420; blôde fâh, 935; âtertânum fâh (sc. îren) [This is the MS reading; emmended to âterteárum in text--KTH], 1460; sadol searwum fâh (_saddle artistically ornamented with gold_), 1039; sweord swâte fâh, 1287; brim blôde fâh, 1595; wäldreóre fâg, 1632; (draca) fýrwylmum fâh (_because he spewed flame_), 2672; sweord fâh and fäted, 2702; blôde fâh, 2975; acc. sg. dreóre fâhne, 447; goldsele fättum fâhne, 717; on fâgne flôr treddode, _trod the shining floor_ (of Heorot), 726; hrôf golde fâhne, _the roof shining with gold_, 928; nom. pl. eoforlîc ... fâh and fýr-beard, 305; acc. pl. þâ hilt since fâge, 1616; dat. pl. fâgum sweordum, 586.--Comp. bân-, blôd-, brûn-, dreór-, gold-, gryre-, searo-, sinc-, stân-, swât-, wäl-, wyrm-fâh. fâh, fâg, fâ, adj.: 1) _hostile_: nom. sg. fâh feónd-scaða, 554; he wäs fâg wið god (Grendel), 812; acc. sg. fâne (_the dragon_), 2656; gen. pl. fâra, 578, 1464.--2) _liable to pursuit, without peace, outlawed_: nom. sg. fâg, 1264; mâne fâh, _outlawed through crime_, 979; fyren-dædum fâg, 1002.--Comp. nearo-fâh. fâmig-heals, adj., _with foaming neck_: nom. sg. flota fâmig-heals, 218; (sægenga) fâmig-heals, 1910. fäc, st. n., _period of time_: acc. sg. lytel fäc, _during a short time_, 2241. fäder, st. m., _father_: nom. sg. fäder, 55, 262, 459, 2609; of God, 1610; fäder alwalda, 316; acc. sg. fäder, 1356; dat. sg. fäder, 2430; gen. sg. fäder, 21, 1480; of God, 188--Comp.: ær, eald-fäder. fädera, w. m., _father's brother_ in comp. suhter-gefäderan. fäder-äðelo, st. n. pl., _paternus principatus_ (?): dat. pl. fäder-äðelum, 912. fäderen-mæg, st. m., _kinsman descended from the same father, co-descendant_: dat. sg. fäderen-mæge, 1264. fäðm, st. m.: 1) _the outspread, encircling arms_: instr. pl. feóndes fäð[mum], 2129.--2) _embrace, encircling_: nom. sg. lîges fäðm, 782; acc. sg. in fýres fäðm, 185.--3) _bosom, lap_: acc. sg. on foldan fäðm, 1394; wið eorðan fäðm, 3050; dat. pl. tô fäder (God's) fäðmum, 188.--4) _power, property_: acc. in Francna fäðm, 1211.--Cf. sîd-fäðmed, sîð-fäðme. fäðmian, w. v., _to embrace, to take up into itself_: pres. subj. þät minne lîchaman ... glêd fäðmie, 2653; inf. lêton flôd fäðmian frätwa hyrde, 3134. ge-fäg, adj., _agreeable, desirable_ (Old Eng., fawe, _willingly_): comp. ge-fägra, 916. fägen, adj., _glad, joyous_: nom. pl. ferhðum fägne, _the glad at heart_, 1634. fäger, adj., _beautiful, lovely_: nom. sg. fäger fold-bold, 774; fäger foldan bearm, 1138; acc. sg. freoðoburh fägere, 522; nom. pl. þær him fold-wegas fägere þûhton, 867.--Comp. un-fäger.