Staff F of the Old English Wordbook.
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Forshortenings.
| Quickened | Old English | Kind | Meaning |
| fack | fæc | n | space of time, interval |
| fading | fadung | n | a setting in order, dispensation |
| fallsick | fyllesēoc | adj | epileptic |
| fallsickness | fyllesēocnys | n | epilepsy |
| fand | fandian | vb | to attempt, try, test |
| fang | fangian | vb | to join together, to fasten with joints |
| fangtooth | fængtōþ | n | canine tooth |
| far | fearr/fear | n | bull |
| fareld | færeld | n | course, passage, journey, expedition |
| farm | feorm | n | food, provision, sustenance; entertainment |
| farm | feormian | vb | to feed, to sustain, to entertain |
| farmth | feormþ | n | a harbouring, an entertaining, a cleansing |
| farn | farnian | vb | to prosper |
| farth | faroþ | n | water in motion, tide, billow, shore |
| fasel | fæsl | n | offspring, progeny (?) |
| fasten | fæsten | n | fortress, stronghold, castle |
| fasthavel | fæsthafol | adj | sparing, stingy, miserly |
| fasthidy | fæsthydig | adj | constant, steadfast in mind |
| fastread | fæstrǣd | adj | firm in purpose, constant, steadfast |
| fathe | faðu | n | father's sister, paternal aunt |
| fathern | fæderen | adj | paternal |
| fathernbrother | fæderenbrōþor | n | paternal brother (brother from the same father) |
| faxcloth | feaxclāþ | n | hairband, headband |
| faxfalling | feaxfeallung | n | loss of hair, alopecia, mange |
| faxneedle | feaxnǣdel | n | hair-needle, curling-iron, crisping-pin |
| faxread | feaxgerǣdian | vb | to dress or trim hair |
| fay | gefēg | n | a joining, juncture, combination |
| fay | fēgan | vb | to join, connect, unite |
| faying | fēging | n | conjunction (grammar) |
| fea | fēa/gefēa | n | joy, gladness |
| feamen | fǣmne | n | damsel, maid, virgin |
| fee | fēon/gefēon | vb | to rejoice, to exult, to celebrate |
| feeboot | feohbōt | n | monetary compensation |
| feeland | feohland | n | pasture, pasture-land |
| feelmighty | felameahtig | adj | very mighty |
| feelsinny | felasinnig | adj | very sinful |
| feelspeakle | felaspecol | adj | loquacious, very talkative |
| feelwordness | felawyrdness | n | talkativeness |
| Feenish | *Fēnisc {Syrofēnisc} | adj(p) | Phoenician |
| feeth | fēðan | vb | to travel on foot, walk |
| feeth | fēðe | n | the ability of going on foot, walking, pace |
| feether | fēða | n | infantry, a host, a troop, tribe, company |
| feethgang | fēðegang | n | journey on foot |
| feethheer | fēðehere | n | foot army, troop of infantry |
| feith | fǣhþ | n | feud; hostility, enmity |
| fellen | fellen | adj | made of fell, made of skin |
| felton | feltūn | n | toilet, privy, dunghill |
| fengle | fengel | n | prince |
| ferdly | fyrdlīc | adj | military, martial |
| ferdman | fyrdmann | n | soldier, militiaman |
| ferdwite | ferdwīte/fyrdwīte | n | a penalty for evading military service |
| fere | feore/feorh | n | life, soul, spirit; a living being |
| ferebour | feorhgebeorh | n | refuge (poetic) |
| feredole | feorhgedāl | n | death (poetic) |
| ferequale | feorhcwalu | n | slaughter, death (poetic) |
| fereship | gefērscipe | n | society, fellowship, companionship |
| fereyeaver | feorhgifa | n | giver of life, God |
| ferk | fercian | vb | to support, help |
| ferking | fercung | n | provisions; a sustaining |
| ferndaws | fyrndagas | n | days of old, ancient days |
| fernman | fyrnman | n | an ancient, a man of yore |
| ferrowbale | feorhbealu | n | deadly evil |
| ferrowbearend | feorhberend | n | living being |
| ferrowdollow | feorhdolg | n | deadly wound |
| ferrowhoard | feorhhord | n | breast (poetic) |
| ferrowhouse | feorhhūs | n | body (poetic) |
| ferrowkin | feorhcynn | n | race of mortals |
| ferrowlay | feorhlege | n | death (poetic) |
| ferrowly | feorhlic | adj | vital |
| ferrownere | feorhneru | n | nourishment or life, refuge, salvation |
| ferrowrede | feorhrǣd | n | salvation |
| ferrowtharf | feorhþearf | n | urgent need |
| ferse | feorsian | vb | to remove, expel, go beyond |
| ferse | fers | n | verse |
| ferspel | fǣrspel | n | sudden news, dreaful tidings |
| ferth | ferhþ | n | mind, intellect, soul spirit, life |
| ferthchary | ferhþcearig | adj | of anxious mind |
| ferthlove | ferhþlufe | n | love of the soul, heartfelt love |
| ferthwit | ferhþgewit | n | mental wit, understanding |
| ferwonder | fǣrwundor | n | a sudden or stupendous wonder |
| fewshaft | fēasceaft | adj | destitute, miserable, squalid |
| fick | fic/gefic | n | deceit, fraud |
| fie | fēogan | vb | to despise, abhor, detest, disdain, abominate |
| fieldelfen | feldælfen/feldelfen | n | wood-nymph, wood-fairy, field-nymph |
| fieldswamb | feldswamm | n | field mushroom; toadstool; fungus |
| fiendred | fēondrǣden | n | enmity |
| fight | fȳhtan | vb | to moisten |
| fightlock | feohtlāc | n | combat, fighting |
| fill | fille | n | chervil (?), breckland thyme (?) |
| fingerapple | fingeræppel | n | date |
| fint | finta | n | tail; sequel, consequence |
| firen | firen/fyren | n | wicked deed, crime, sin; tribulation, torment |
| firenful | firenfull | adj | sinful, wicked |
| fires | fīras | n | living beings, humanity, humans |
| firl | firl | n | distance |
| firlen | fyrlen | adj | distant, remote |
| firrow | firgen/fyrgen | n | mountain, mountain-woodland |
| firrowbuck | firgenbucca | n | mountain-buck, ibex (?) |
| firsen | fiersn/fyrsn | n | the heel |
| firwit | firwit/firwet/fyrwet | n | curiosity |
| fitherrich | fyðerrīce | n | tetrarchy |
| fivald | fīfalde | n | butterfly |
| fivel | fīfel | n | monster, giant |
| fleard | gefleard | n | a trifling, nonsense, madness |
| flearder | fleardere | n | deceiver, trickster |
| fleet | flēte | n | cream, skimming, curds |
| fleshbird | flǣscgebyrd | n | incarnation |
| fleshhame | flǣschamian | vb | to incarnate, to become incarnate |
| fleshhamed | geflǣschamod | adj | incarnate |
| flight | fleohtan | vb | to weave, plait |
| flit | flit | n | dispute, quarrel |
| flitecraft | flītcræft | n | the art of dialectics |
| flitecraftly | flītcræftlīc | adj | dialectical, disputational |
| fliteful | flītful | adj | contentious |
| flitefulness | flītfulnes | n | contentiousness, litigiousness |
| flitem | flītme | n | lancet, scalpel |
| fliteyern | flītgeorn | n | litigator |
| flone | flān | n | arrow, bolt, dart |
| flot | flot | n | water which can be sailed on |
| flough | flāh | adj | insidious, artful, deceitful, fraudulent |
| flye | flyge | n | flight, flying |
| fokenful | fācenful | adj | deceitful, fraudulent |
| fokentoken | fācentācen | n | false signal, false sign, a misdirection |
| foldway | foldweg | n | the Earth |
| folkbale | folcbealo | n | torment from the public, public backlash |
| folkcouth | folccūþ | adj | well-known, widely celebrated, popular |
| folkmear | folcmǣre | adj | popular, folk-known |
| folkright | folcriht | n | common law |
| folkshather | folcsceaða | n | people's tyrant, villain |
| folkship | folcscipe | n | nation, people |
| folkstow | folcstōw | n | public place; country place, rustic place |
| folktow | folctoga | n | popular leader, chief, chieftain |
| followth | folgoþ | n | that which follows, retinue; service of a follower |
| footadle | fōtādl | n | gout |
| footspore | fōtspor | n | foot-track, foot-trace, footprint |
| footwelm | fōtwelm | n | the sole of the foot |
| forane | forane | adv | beforehand (in anticipation or prevention) |
| forbird | forbyrd | n | forbearance, abstention |
| fordeal | fordǣlan | vb | to expend, to distribute |
| forecome | fōrecuman | vb | to come forth, come before, prevent |
| fored | forod | adj | broken, fractured, violated |
| forefang | fōrefōn | vb | to anticipate; to take beforehand |
| foreganger | fōregenga | n | predecessor, precursor |
| forequeath | fōrecweðan | vb | to predict, to foretell |
| foresetness | fōresetnes | n | proposal; proposition; preposition |
| forestighting | fōrestihtung | n | predestination |
| forething | foreþingian | vb | to plead for, intercede, defend |
| foreward | fōreweard | n | scout, explorer |
| forfang | forfōn | vb | to take violently, clutch, arrest, seize |
| forfare | forfēran | vb | to perish |
| forhadness | forhæfednes | n | restraint, continence, abstinence |
| forhave | forhabban | vb | to restrain someone from something, to abstain |
| forlead | forlǣdan | vb | to seduce |
| forlie | forlicgan | vb | to commit adultery |
| forlier | forliger | n | fornication, adultery |
| form | forma | adj | first, earliest, original |
| forminge | formengan | vb | to associate |
| forshape | forscieppan | vb | to transform |
| forsit | forsittan | vb | to neglect |
| forstand | forstandan | vb | to stand up for, to defend; to understand |
| forstraid | forstregdan | vb | to destroy |
| forswithe | forswiðan | vb | to crush, overcome |
| forswy | forswīgian | vb | to pass over in silence, keep silent; to be silent |
| forthdeed | forþdǣd | n | profit, advantage |
| forthdo | forþdōn | vb | to put forth |
| forthship | forþscype | n | progress, growth |
| forwright | forwyrhta | n | agent; viceregent |
| foryeem | forġīeman | vb | to neglect, pass by, transgress |
| fought | fūht | adj | moist, damp, humid |
| foughworm | fāgwyrm | n | basilisk |
| foursheat | fēowerscȳte | adj | four-cornered, quadrangular, square |
| fousely | fūslīce | adv | readily, promptly, gladly |
| frank | franca | n | javelin, lance, spear |
| Frankland | Francland | n(p) | France |
| Frankrich | Francrīce | n(p) | the Kingdom of the Franks |
| fratow | frætwe | n | ornaments, adornments, decorations, treasures |
| fratow | gefrætewian | vb | to adorn, decorate with treasures |
| frea | frēa | n | lord, master; the Lord |
| free | frēo | n | a woman (?), a lady (?) |
| freelock | frēolāc | n | oblation |
| frelse | frēols | n | feast-day, festival, freedom |
| frelseday | frēolsdæg | n | Feast-Day, day of festival |
| Frelseyear | frēolsgēar | n(p) | Year of Jubilee |
| fremmedledge | fremedlǣcan | vb | to alienate, to estrange |
| frettle | fretol | adj | voracious, gluttonous |
| frie | fricgan | vb | to ask, inquire, question, find out, seek after |
| fright | feorht/ferht | adj | honest, honourable |
| frike | frīcian | vb | to dance |
| frimful | fremful | adj | useful, beneficent, profitable |
| Fris | Frysa | n(p) | a Frisian |
| Frish | Frysisc | adj(p) | Frisian |
| fristmark | firstmearc | n | interval of time; respite |
| frithe | frīþ | adj | stately, beautiful |
| frithend | friþiend | n | protector |
| frithly | friþlīc | adj | peaceable, gentle, mild |
| frithhouse | friþhūs | n | safehouse, refuge, asylum |
| frithless | friþelēas | adj | peaceless |
| frithoath | friþāþ | n | peace-oath, truce |
| frithsome | friþsum | adj | peaceful, peace-making, pacific |
| frithstow | friþstōw | n | a refuge, an asylum |
| frithwrit | friþgewrit | n | peace treaty, article of peace |
| frithyearn | friþgeorn | adj | eager for peace, peaceable |
| from | from | adj | firm, potent, strenuous |
| fromchar | fromcerran | vb | to turn from, avert |
| fromshaft | frumsceaft | n | origin, original state or condition |
| fromspelling | frumspellung | n | first telling, original story |
| fromwharve | fromhweorfan | vb | to depart from, turn from |
| frood | frōd | adj | cautious, shrewd, wise, prudent |
| frow | frōwe | n | lady, woman |
| fulfrem | fulfremman | vb | to perfect |
| fulfremmed | fullfremed | adj | perfect; perfect (grammatical term) |
| fulfremmedness | fulfremednys | n | perfection; fulfillment |
| fullow | fulwian | vb | to baptize, christen, consecrate |
| fuloughter | fulluhtere | n | baptist, baptizer |
| fuloughthood | fulwihthād | n | baptismal vow |
| fuloughtstow | fulluhtstōw | n | baptistery |
| furrow | furh {furhwudu} | n | fir, pine |