[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].
feor, adv., far, far away: a) of space, [42], [109], [809], [1806], [1917]; feor and (oððe) neáh, far and (or) near, [1222], [2871]; feorr, [2267].—b) of time: ge feor hafað fæhðe gestæled (has placed us under her enmity henceforth), [1341].
Comparative, fyr, feorr, and feor: fyr and fästor, [143]; fyr, [252]; feorr, [1989]; feor, [542].
[feor-bûend], pt., dwelling far away: nom. pl. ge feor-bûend, [254].
[feor-cýð], st. f., home of those living far away, distant land: nom, pl. feor-cýððe beóð sêlran gesôhte þäm þe him selfa deáh, foreign lands are better sought by him who trusts to his own ability, [1839].
[feorh, ferh] (Goth. fairhvu-s, world), st. m. and n., life, principle of life, soul: nom. sg. feorh, [2124]; nô þon lange wäs feorh äðelinges flæsce bewunden, not for much longer was the soul of the prince enveloped in the body (he was near death), [2425]; ferh ellen wräc, life expelled the strength (i.e. with the departing life the strength disappeared also), [2707]; acc. sg. feorh ealgian, [797], [2656], [2669]; feorh gehealdan, preserve his life, [2857]; feorh âlegde, gave up his life, [852]; similarly, ær he feorh seleð, [1371]; feorh oðferede, tore away her life, [2142]; ôð þät hie forlæddan tô þam lindplegan swæse gesîðas ond hyra sylfra feorh, till in an evil hour they carried into battle their dear companions and their lives (i.e. led them to their death), [2041]; gif þu þîn feorh hafast, [1850]; ymb feorh sacan (to fight for life), [439]; wäs in feorh dropen, was wounded into his life, i.e. mortally, [2982]; wîdan feorh, as temporal acc., through a wide life, i.e. always, [2015]; dat. sg. feore, [1294], [1549]; tô wîdan feore, for a wide life, i.e. at all times, [934]; on swâ geongum feore (at a so youthful age), [1844]; as instr., [578], [3014]; gen. sg. feores, [1434], [1943]; dat. pl. bûton ... feorum gumena, [73]; freónda feorum, [1307].—Also, body, corpse: þâ wäs heal hroden feónda feorum (the hall was covered with the slain of the enemy), [1153]; gehwearf þâ in Francna fäðm feorh cyninges, then the body of the king (Hygelâc) fell into the power of the Franks, [1211]. —Comp. geogoð-feorh.
[feorh-bana], w. m., (life-slayer), man-slayer, murderer: dat. sg. feorh-bonan, [2466].
[feorh-ben], st. f., wound that takes away life, mortal wound: dat. (instr.) pl. feorh-bennum seóc, [2741].
[feorh-bealu], st. n., evil destroying life, violent death: nom. sg., [2078], [2251], [2538]; acc. sg., [156].