[fâh, fâg, fâ], adj.: 1) hostile: nom. sg. fâh feónd-scaða, [554]; he wäs fâg wið god (Grendel), [812]; acc. sg. fâne (the dragon), [2656]; gen. pl. fâra, [578], [1464].—2) liable to pursuit, without peace, outlawed: nom. sg. fâg, [1264]; mâne fâh, outlawed through crime, [979]; fyren-dædum fâg, [1002].—Comp. nearo-fâh.
[fâmig-heals], adj., with foaming neck: nom. sg. flota fâmig-heals, [218]; (sægenga) fâmig-heals, [1910].
[fäc], st. n., period of time: acc. sg. lytel fäc, during a short time, [2241].
[fäder], st. m., father: nom. sg. fäder, [55], [262], [459], [2609]; of God, [1610]; fäder alwalda, [316]; acc. sg. fäder, [1356]; dat. sg. fäder, [2430]; gen. sg. fäder, [21], [1480]; of God, 188—Comp.: ær, eald-fäder.
[fädera], w. m., father's brother in comp. suhter-gefäderan.
[fäder-äðelo], st. n. pl., paternus principatus (?): dat. pl. fäder-äðelum, [912].
[fäderen-mæg], st. m., kinsman descended from the same father, co-descendant: dat. sg. fäderen-mæge, [1264].
[fäðm], st. m.: 1) the outspread, encircling arms: instr. pl. feóndes fäð[mum], [2129].—2) embrace, encircling: nom. sg. lîges fäðm, [782]; acc. sg. in fýres fäðm, [185].—3) bosom, lap: acc. sg. on foldan fäðm, [1394]; wið eorðan fäðm, [3050]; dat. pl. tô fäder (God's) fäðmum, [188].—4) power, property: acc. in Francna fäðm, [1211].—Cf. sîd-fäðmed, sîð-fäðme.
[fäðmian], w. v., to embrace, to take up into itself: pres. subj. þät minne lîchaman ... glêd fäðmie, [2653]; inf. lêton flôd fäðmian frätwa hyrde, [3134].
ge-[fäg], adj., agreeable, desirable (Old Eng., fawe, willingly): comp. ge-fägra, [916].