ge-fetian, _to bring_: inf. hêt þâ eorla hleó in gefetian Hrêðles lâfe, _caused Hrêðel's sword to be brought_, 2191. â-fêdan, w. v., _to nourish, to bring up_: pret. part. þær he âfêded wäs, 694. fêða (O.H.G. fendo), w. m.: 1) _foot-soldiers_: nom. pl. fêðan, 1328, 2545.--2) collective in sing., _band of foot-soldiers, troop of warriors_: nom. fêða eal gesät, 1425; dat. on fêðan, 2498, 2920.--Comp. gum-fêða. fêðe, st. n., _gait, going, pace_: dat. sg. wäs tô foremihtig feónd on fêðe, _the enemy was too strong in going_ (i.e. could flee too fast), 971. fêðe-cempa, w. m., _foot-soldier_: nom. sg., 1545, 2854. fêðe-gäst, st. m., _guest coming on foot_: dat. pl. fêðe-gestum, 1977. fêðe-lâst, st. m., _signs of going, footprint_: dat. pl. fêrdon forð þonon fêðe-lâstum, _went forth from there upon their trail_, i.e. by the same way that they had gone, 1633. fêðe-wîg, st. m., _battle on foot_: gen. sg. nealles Hetware hrêmge þorfton (sc. wesan) fêðe-wîges, 2365. fêl (= feól), st. f. _file_: gen. pl. fêla lâfe, _what the files have left behind_ (that is, the swords), 1033. fêran, w. v., iter (A.S. fôr) facere, _to come, to go, to travel_: pres. subj. II. pl. ær ge ... on land Dena furður fêran, _ere you go farther into the land of the Danes_, 254; inf. fêran on freán wære (_to die_), 27; gewiton him þâ fêran (_set out upon their way_), 301; mæl is me tô fêran, 316; fêran ... gang sceáwigan, _go, so as to see the footprints_, 1391; wîde fêran, 2262; pret. fêrdon folctogan ... wundor sceáwian, _the princes came to see the wonder_, 840; fêrdon forð, 1633. ge-fêran: 1) adire, _to arrive at_: pres. subj. þonne eorl ende gefêre lîfgesceafta, _reach the end of life_, 3064; pret. part. häfde æghwäðer ende gefêred lænan lîfes, _frail life's end had both reached_, 2845.--2) _to reach, to accomplish, to bring about_: pret. hafast þu gefêred þät ..., 1222, 1856.--3) _to behave one's self, to conduct one's self_: pret. frêcne gefêrdon, _had shown themselves daring_, 1692. feal, st. m., _fall_: in comp. wäl-feal. feallan, st. v., _to fall, to fall headlong_: inf. feallan, 1071; pret. sg. þät he on hrusan ne feól, _that it_ (the hall) _did not fall to the ground_, 773; similarly, feóll on foldan, 2976; feóll on fêðan (dat. sg.), _fell in the band_ (of his warriors), 2920; pret. pl. þonne walu feóllon, 1043. be-feallen, pret. part. w. dat. or instr., _deprived of, robbed_: freóndum befeallen, _robbed of friends_, 1127; sceal se hearda helm ... fätum befeallen (sc. wesan), _be robbed of its gold mountings_ (the gold mounting will fall away from it moldering), 2257. ge-feallan, _to fall, to sink down_: pres. sg. III. þät se lîc-homa ... fæge gefealleð, _that the body doomed to die sinks down_, 1756.--Also, with the acc. of the place whither: pret. meregrund gefeóll, 2101; he eorðan gefeóll, 2835.