fägere, fägre, adv., _beautifully, well, becomingly, according to etiquette_: fägere geþægon medoful manig, 1015; þâ wäs flet-sittendum fägere gereorded, _becomingly the repast was served_, 1789; Higelâc ongan ... fägre fricgean, 1986; similarly, 2990. fär, st. n., _craft, ship_: nom. sg., 33. fäst, adj., _bound, fast_: nom. sg. bið se slæp tô fäst, 1743; acc. sg. freóndscipe fästne, 2070; fäste frioðuwære, 1097.--The prep. on stands to denote the where or wherein: wäs tô fäst on þâm (sc. on fæhðe and fyrene), 137; on ancre fäst, 303. Or, oftener, the dative: feónd-grâpum fäst, _(held) fast in his antagonist's clutch_, 637; fýrbendum fäst, _fast in the forged hinges_, 723; handa fäst, 1291, etc.; hygebendum fäst (beorn him langað), _fast (shut) in the bonds of his bosom, the man longs for_ (i.e. in secret), 1879.--Comp: âr-, blæd-, gin-, sôð-, tîr-, wîs-fäst. fäste, adv., _fäst_ 554, 761, 774, 789, 1296.--Comp. fästor, 143. be-fästan, w. v., _to give over_: inf. hêt Hildeburh hire selfre sunu sweoloðe befästan, _to give over to the flames her own son_, 1116. fästen, st. n., _fortified place, or place difficult of access_: acc. sg. leóda fästen, _the fastness of the Geátas_ (with ref. to 2327), 2334; fästen (Ongenþeów's castle or fort), 2951; fästen (Grendel's house in the fen-sea), 104. fäst-ræd, adj., _firmly resolved_: acc. sg. fäst-rædne geþôht, _firm determination_, 611. fät, st. m., _way, journey_: in comp. sîð-fät. fät, st. n., _vessel; vase, cup_: acc. pl. fyrn-manna fatu, _the (drinking-) vessels of men of old times_, 2762.--Comp.: bân-, drync-, mâððum-, sinc-, wundor-fät. fät, st. n. (?), _plate, sheet of metal_, especially _gold plate_ (Dietrich Hpt. Ztschr. XI. 420): dat. pl. gold sele ... fättum fâhne, _shining with gold plates_ (the walls and the inner part of the roof were partly covered with gold), 717; sceal se hearda helm hyrsted golde fätum befeallen (sc. wesan), _the gold ornaments shall fall away from it_, 2257. fäted, fätt, part., _ornamented with gold beaten into plate-form_: gen. sg. fättan goldes, 1094, 2247; instr. sg. fättan golde, 2103. Elsewhere, _covered, ornamented with gold plate_: nom. sg. sweord ... fäted, 2702; acc. sg. fäted wæge, 2254, 2283; acc. pl. fätte scyldas, 333; fätte beágas, 1751. [fæted, etc.] fäted-hleór, adj., phaleratus gena (Dietr.): acc. pl. eahta mearas fäted-hleóre (_eight horses with bridles covered with plates of gold_), 1037. fät-gold, st. n., _gold in sheets_ or _plates_: acc. sg., 1922. fæge, adj.: 1) _forfeited to death, allotted to death by fate_: nom. sg. fæge, 1756, 2142, 2976; fæge and ge-flýmed, 847; fûs and fæge, 1242; acc. sg. fægne flæsc-homan, 1569; dat. sg. fægum, 2078; gen. sg. fæges, 1528.--2) _dead_: dat. pl. ofer fægum (_over the warriors fallen in the battle_), 3026.--Comp.: deáð-, un-fæge.