[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].