fæhð (_state of hostility_, see fâh), st. f., _hostile act, feud, battle_: nom. sg. fæhð, 2404, 3062; acc. sg. fæhðe, 153, 459, 470, 596, 1334, etc.; also of the unhappy bowshot of the Hrêðling, Hæðcyn, by which he killed his brother, 2466; dat. sg. fore fæhðe and fyrene, 137; nalas for fæhðe mearn (_did not recoil from the combat_), 1538; gen. sg, ne gefeah he þære fæhðe, 109; gen. pl. fæhða gemyndig, 2690.--Comp. wäl-fæhð. fæhðo, st. f., same as above: nom. sg. sió fæhðo, 3000; acc. fæhðo, 2490. fælsian, w. v., _to bring into a good condition, to cleanse_: inf. þät ic môte ... Heorot fælsian (from the plague of Grendel), 432; pret. Hrôðgâres ... sele fælsode, 2353. ge-fælsian, w. v., same as above: pret. part. häfde gefælsod ... sele Hrôðgâres, 826; Heorot is gefælsod, 1177; wæron ýð-gebland eal gefælsod, 1621. fæmne, w. f., _virgin, recens nupta_: dat. sg. fæmnan, 2035; gen. sg. fæmnan, 2060, both times of Hrôðgâr's daughter Freáware. fær, st. m., _sudden, unexpected attack_: nom. sg. (attack upon Hnäf's band by Finn's), 1069, 2231. fær-gripe, st. m., _sudden, treacherous gripe, attack_: nom. sg. fær-gripe flôdes, 1517; dat. pl. under færgripum, 739. fær-gryre, st. m., _fright caused by a sudden attack_: dat. pl. wið fær-gryrum (against the inroads of Grendel into Heorot), 174. færinga, adv., _suddenly, unexpectedly_, 1415, 1989. fær-nîð, st. m., _hostility with sudden attacks_: gen. pl. hwät me Grendel hafað ... færnîða gefremed, 476. feðer-gearwe, st. f. pl. _(feather-equipment), the feathers of the shaft of the arrow_: dat. (instr.) pl. sceft feðer-gearwum fûs, 3120. fel, st. n., _skin, hide_: dat. pl. glôf ... gegyrwed dracan fellum, _made of the skins of dragons_, 2089. fela, I., adj. indecl., _much, many_: as subst.: acc. sg. fela fricgende, 2107. With worn placed before: hwät þu worn fela ... ymb Brecan spræce, _how very much you spoke about Breca_, 530.--With gen. sg.: acc. sg. fela fyrene, 810; wyrm-cynnes fela, 1426; worna fela sorge, 2004; tô fela micles ... Denigea leóde, _too much of the race of the Danes_, 695; uncûðes fela, 877; fela lâðes, 930; fela leófes and lâðes, 1061.--With gen. pl.: nom. sg. fela mâdma, 36; fela þæra wera and wîfa, 993, etc.; acc. sg. fela missera, 153; fela fyrena, 164; ofer landa fela, 311; mâððum-sigla fela (falo, MS.), 2758; ne me swôr fela âða on unriht, _swore no false oaths_, 2739, etc.; worn fela mâðma, 1784; worna fela gûða, 2543.--Comp. eal-fela. II., adverbial, _very_, 1386, 2103, 2951. fela-hrôr, adj., valde agitatus, _very active against the enemy, very warlike_, 27. fela-môdig, adj., _very courageous_: gen. pl. -môdigra, 1638, 1889. fela-synnig, adj., _very criminal, very guilty_: acc. sg. fela-sinnigne secg (in MS., on account of the alliteration, changed to simple sinnigne), 1380.