[fæmne], w. f., virgin, recens nupta: dat. sg. fæmnan, [2035]; gen. sg. fæmnan, [2060], both times of Hrôðgâr's daughter Freáware.
[fær], st. m., sudden, unexpected attack: nom. sg. (attack upon Hnäf's band by Finn's), [1069], [2231].
[fær-gripe], st. m., sudden, treacherous gripe, attack: nom. sg. fær-gripe flôdes, [1517]; dat. pl. under færgripum, [739].
[fær-gryre], st. m., fright caused by a sudden attack: dat. pl. wið fær-gryrum (against the inroads of Grendel into Heorot), [174].
[færinga], adv., suddenly, unexpectedly, [1415], [1989].
[fær-nîð], st. m., hostility with sudden attacks: gen. pl. hwät me Grendel hafað ... færnîða gefremed, [476].
[feðer-gearwe], st. f. pl. (feather-equipment), the feathers of the shaft of the arrow: dat. (instr.) pl. sceft feðer-gearwum fûs, [3120].
[fel], st. n., skin, hide: dat. pl. glôf ... gegyrwed dracan fellum, made of the skins of dragons, [2089].
[fela], I., adj. indecl., much, many: as subst.: acc. sg. fela fricgende, [2107]. With worn placed before: hwät þu worn fela ... ymb Brecan spræce, how very much you spoke about Breca, [530].—With gen. sg.: acc. sg. fela fyrene, [810]; wyrm-cynnes fela, [1426]; worna fela sorge, [2004]; tô fela micles ... Denigea leóde, too much of the race of the Danes, [695]; uncûðes fela, [877]; fela lâðes, [930]; fela leófes and lâðes, [1061].—With gen. pl.: nom. sg. fela mâdma, [36]; fela þæra wera and wîfa, [993], etc.; acc. sg. fela missera, [153]; fela fyrena, [164]; ofer landa fela, [311]; mâððum-sigla fela (falo, MS.), [2758]; ne me swôr fela âða on unriht, swore no false oaths, [2739], etc.; worn fela mâðma, [1784]; worna fela gûða, [2543].—Comp. eal-fela.