receive, take, seize, 911; imperat. sg. onfōh, 1169; pret. onfēng, 52, 1214, etc.; hē onfēng hraðe inwit-þancum ond wið earm gesæt, “he (Grendel) quickly seized [Beowulf] with hostile intent and sat on, fixed, came down on, his arm” (or, as Grein, “Beowulf quickly received the malignant monster, and supported himself on his arm”), 748.
þurh-fōn,st. v., with acc., [seize through] penetrate, 1504.
wið-fōn,st. v., with dat., grapple with; pret. wið-fēng, 760.
fondian, fandian,w. v., with gen., search out, prove, experience; pp. gefandod, 2301, gefondad, 2454.
for,prep.
(1) with dat., before, 358, 1026, 1120, 2020, 1649, 2990; before or because of, 169, 2781; for, out of, from, through, because of, on account of, about, 110, 338–9, 385, 508, 832, 951, 965, 1442, 1515, 2501 (in virtue of), 2549, 2926, 2966, etc.; for (purpose), 382, 458.
(2) with acc., for, instead of, as, 947, 1175, 2348.
foran,adv., before, to the fore, forwards, 984, 1458. Special passage: þe him foran ongēan linde bǣron, “who bare their linden-shields forwards against him,” 2364.
ford,st. m., ford, 568.
fore,prep., with dat., before, 1215; for, through, because of, 136, 2059; of, about, 1064.