fongen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔnɡən/, /ˈfoːnɡən/, /ˈfanɡən/

Verb

fongen

  1. to grasp or seize

Conjugation

Conjugation of fongen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) fongen, fonge
present tense past tense
1st-person singular fonge fonged
2nd-person singular fongest fongedest
3rd-person singular fongeth fonged
subjunctive singular fonge
imperative singular —
plural1 fongen, fonge fongeden, fongede
imperative plural fongeth, fonge —
participles fongynge, fongende fonged, yfonged

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: fang
  • Scots: fang
  • Yola: vanged (adj)

References

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