fore-mære, adj., _renowned beyond (others)_, præclarus: superl. þät wäs fore-mærost foldbûendum receda under roderum, 309. fore-mihtig, adj., _able beyond (others)_, præpotens: nom. sg. wäs tô foremihtig feónd on fêðe, _the enemy was too strong in going_ (could flee too rapidly), 970. fore-snotor, adj., _wise beyond (others)_, sapientissimus: nom. pl. foresnotre men, 3164. fore-þanc, st. m., _forethought, consideration, deliberation_: nom. sg., 1061. forht, adj., _fearful, cowardly_: nom. sg. forht, 2968; he on môde wearð forht on ferhðe, 755.--Comp. unforht. forma, adj., _foremost, first_: nom. sg. forma sîð (_the first time_), 717, 1464, 1528, 2626; instr. sg. forman sîðe, 741, 2287; forman dôgore, 2574. fyrmest, adv. superl., _first of all, in the first place_: he fyrmest läg, 2078. forst, st. m., _frost, cold_: gen. sg. forstes bend, 1610. for-þam, for-þan, for-þon, adv. and conj., _therefore, on that account, then_: forþam, 149; forþan, 418, 680, 1060; forþon þe, _because_, 503. fôn, st. v., _to catch, to grasp, to take hold, to take_: prs. sg. III. fêhð ôðer tô, _another lays hold_ (takes possession), 1756; inf. ic mid grâpe sceal fôn wið feónde, 439; pret. sg. him tôgeánes fêng, _caught at him, grasped at him_, 1543; w. dat. he þâm frätwum fêng, _received the rich adornments_ (Ongenþeów's equipment), 2990. be-fôn, _to surround, to ensnare, to encompass, to embrace_: pret. part. hyne sâr hafað ... nearwe befongen balwon bendum, 977; heó äðelinga ânne häfde fäste befangen (_had seized him firmly_), 1296; helm ... befongen freáwrâsnum (_encircled by an ornament like a diadem_), 1452; fenne bifongen, _surrounded by the fen_, 2010; (draca) fýre befongen, _encircled by fire_, 2275, 2596; häfde landwara lîge befangen, _encompassed by fire_, 2322. ge-fôn, w. acc., _to seize, to grasp_: pret. he gefêng slæpendne rinc, 741; gûðrinc gefêng atolan clommum, 1502; gefêng þâ be eaxle ... Gûðgeáta leód Grendles môdor, 1538; gefêng þâ fetelhilt, 1564; hond rond gefêng, geolwe linde, 2610; ic on ôfoste gefêng micle mid mundum mägen-byrðenne, _hastily I seized with my hands the enormous burden_, 3091. on-fôn, w. dat., _to receive, to accept, to take_: pres. imp. sg. onfôh þissum fulle, _accept this cup_, 1170; inf. þät þät þeódnes bearn ... scolde fäder-äðelum onfôn, _receive the paternal rank_, 912; pret. sg. hwâ þäm hläste onfêng, _who received the ship's lading_, 52; hleór-bolster onfêng eorles andwlitan, _the pillow received the nobleman's face_, 689; similarly, 853, 1495; heal swêge onfêng, _the hall received the loud noise_, 1215; he onfêng hraðe inwit-þancum, _he_ (Beówulf) _at once clutched him_ (Grendel) _devising malice_, 749. þurh-fôn, w. acc., _to break through with grasping, to destroy by grasping_: inf. þät heó þone fyrd-hom þurh-fôn ne mihte, 1505. wið-fôn, w. dat., _(to grasp at), to seize, to lay hold of_: pret. sg. him fäste wið-fêng, 761.