flītan, st. v., _to exert one's self, to strive, to emulate_: pres. part. flītende fealwe strǣte mēarum mǣton (_rode a race_), 917; pret. sg. II. eart þū se Bēowulf, sē þe wið Brecan ... ymb sund flite, _art thou the Bēowulf who once contended with Breca for the prize in swimming?_ 507. ofer-flītan, _to surpass one in a contest, to conquer, to overcome_: pret. w. acc. hē þē æt sunde oferflāt (_overcome thee in a swimming-wager_), 517. ge-flīt, st. n., _emulation_: acc. sg. lēton on geflīt faran fealwe mēaras, _let the fallow horses go in emulation_, 866. floga, w. m., _flyer_; in the compounds: gūð-, lyft-, ūht-, wid-floga. flota (see flēotan), w. m., _float, ship, boat_: nom. sg., 210, 218, 301; acc. sg. flotan ēowerne, 294.--Comp. wǣg-flota. flot-here, st. m., _fleet_: instr. sg. cwōm faran flotherge on Frēsna land, 2916. flōd, st. m., _flood, stream, sea-current_: nom. sg., 545, 580, 1362, etc.; acc. sg. flōd, 3134; ofer fealone flōd, 1951; dat. sg. tō flōde, 1889; gen. pl. flōda begong, _the region of floods_, i.e. the sea, 1498, 1827; flōda genipu, 2809. flōd-ȳð, st. f., _flood-wave_: instr. pl. flōd-ȳðum, 542. flōr, st. m., _floor, stone-floor_: acc. sg. on fāgne flōr (the floor was probably a kind of mosaic, made of colored flags), 726; dat. sg. gang þā æfter flōre, _along the floor_ (i.e. along the hall), 1317. flyht, fliht, st. m., _flight_: nom. sg. gāres fliht, _flight of the spear_, 1766. ge-flȳman, w. v., _to put to flight_: pret. part. geflȳmed, 847, 1371. folc, st. n., _troop, band of warriors; folk_, in the sense of the whole body of the fighting men of a nation: acc. sg. folc, 522, 694, 912; Sūðdene folc, 464; folc and rīce, 1180; dat. sg. folce, 14, 2596; folce Deninga, 465; as instr. folce gestepte ofer sǣ sīde, _went with a band of warriors over the wide sea_, 2394; gen. sg. folces, 1125; folces Denigea, 1583.--The king is called folces hyrde, 611, 1833, 2645, 2982; frēawine folces, 2358; or folces weard, 2514. The queen, folces cwēn, 1933.--The pl., in the sense of _warriors, fighting men_: nom. pl. folc, 1423, 2949; dat. pl. folcum, 55, 262, 1856; gen. pl. frēo- (frēa-) wine folca, _of the king_, 430, 2430; friðu-sibb folca, _of the queen_, 2018.--Comp. sige-folc. folc-āgend, pres. part., _leader of a band of warriors_: nom. pl. folc-āgende, 3114. folc-beorn, st. m., _man of the multitude, a common man_: nom. sg. folc-beorn, 2222. folc-cwēn, st. f., _queen of a warlike host_: nom. sg., of Wealhþēow, 642. folc-cyning, st. m., _king of a warlike host_: nom. sg., 2734, 2874. folc-rǣd, st. m, _what best serves a warlike host_: acc. sg., 3007. folc-riht, st. n., _the rights of the fighting men of a nation_: gen. pl. him ǣr forgeaf ... folcrihta gehwylc, swā his fæder āhte, 2609. folc-scearu, st. f., _part of a host of warriors, nation_: dat. sg. folc-scare, 73.