fealu, adj., _fallow, dun-colored, tawny_: acc. sg. ofer fealone flôd (_over the sea_), 1951; fealwe stræte (with reference to 320), 917; acc. pl. lêton on geflît faran fealwe mearas, 866.--Comp. äppel-fealo. feax, st. n., _hair, hair of the head_: dat. sg. wäs be feaxe on flet boren Grendles heáfod, _was carried by the hair into the hall_, 1648; him ... swât ... sprong forð under fexe, _the blood sprang out under the hair of his head_, 2968.--Comp.: blonden-, gamol-, wunden-feax. ge-feá, w. m., _joy_: acc. sg. þære fylle gefeán, _joy at the abundant repast_, 562; ic þäs ealles mäg ... gefeán habban (_can rejoice at all this_), 2741. feá, adj., _few_ dat. pl. nemne feáum ânum, _except some few_, 1082; gen. pl. feára sum, _as one of a few, with a few_, 1413; feára sumne, _one of a few (some few)_, 3062. With gen. following: acc. pl. feá worda cwäð, _spoke few words_, 2663, 2247. feá-sceaft, adj., _miserable, unhappy, helpless_: nom. sg. syððan ærest wearð feásceaft funden, 7; feásceaft guma (Grendel), 974; dat. sg. feásceaftum men, 2286; Eádgilse ... feásceaftum, 2394; nom. pl. feásceafte (the Geátas robbed of their king, Hygelâc), 2374. feoh, feó, st. n., (_properly cattle, herd_) here, _possessions, property, treasure_: instr. sg. ne wolde ... feorh-bealo feó þingian, _would not allay life's evil for treasure_ (tribute), 156; similarly, þâ fæhðe feó þingode, 470; ic þe þâ fæhðe feó leánige, 1381. ge-feohan, ge-feón, st. v. w. gen. and instr., _to enjoy one's self, to rejoice at something_: a) w. gen.: pret. sg. ne gefeah he þære fæhðe, 109; hilde gefeh, beado-weorces, 2299; pl. fylle gefægon, _enjoyed themselves at the bounteous repast_, 1015; þeódnes gefêgon, _rejoiced at_ (the return of) _the ruler_, 1628.--b) w. instr.: niht-weorce gefeh, ellen-mærðum, 828; secg weorce gefeh, 1570; sælâce gefeah, mägen-byrðenne þâra þe he him mid häfde, _rejoiced at the gift of the sea, and at the great burden of that_ (Grendel's head and the sword-hilt) _which he had with him_, 1625. feoh-gift, -gyft, st. f., _bestowing of gifts_ or _treasures_: gen. sg. þære feoh-gyfte, 1026; dat. pl. ät feohgyftum, 1090; fromum feohgiftum, _with rich gifts_, 21. feoh-leás, adj., _that cannot be atoned for through gifts_: nom. sg. þät wäs feoh-leás gefeoht, _a deed of arms that cannot be expiated_ (the killing of his brother by Hæðcyn), 2442. ge-feoht, st. n., _combat; warlike deed_: nom. sg. (the killing of his brother by Hæðcyn), 2442; dat. sg. mêce þone þîn fader tô gefeohte bär, _the sword which thy father bore to the combat_, 2049. ge-feohtan, st. v., _to fight_: inf. w. acc. ne mehte ... wîg Hengeste wiht gefeohtan (_could by no means offer Hengest battle_), 1084. feohte, w. f., _combat_: acc. sg. feohtan, 576, 960. See were-fyhte. feor, adj., _far, remote_: nom. sg. nis þät feor heonon, 1362; näs him feor þanon tô gesêcanne sinces bryttan, 1922; acc. sg. feor eal (_all that is far, past_), 1702.