† fengn.
Obsolete.
a. = fang n.1 1.
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun]
fenga1250
catchingc1325
takingc1350
caption1382
capture1541
catcha1586
talons1586
capturing1800
collaring1834
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1285 At eche fenge Thu fallest mid thine ahene swenge.
b. = fang n.1 2.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder
reifOE
fang1016
fengc1175
purchasec1325
predec1330
robberyc1330
robbingsc1330
spoila1340
spoila1382
chevisance1393
waitha1400
fee14..
pilferc1400
pelfa1425
spreathc1425
butinc1450
emprisec1450
gain1473
despoil1474
pelfry?a1475
pilfery1489
spulyie1507
cheat1566
bootinga1572
booty1574
escheat1587
boot1598
exuvial1632
bootyn1635
polling1675
expilation1715
prog1727
swag1794
filch1798
spreaghery1814
stake1819
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 39 Leteð eower stale and eower reaflac for nis þer nan feng on.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4294 We scullen..ȝemen þes fehtes & nawiht þes fenges.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 888 Swa heo ferden to heora scipa mid allen heora uenge [c1300 Otho bi-ȝetes].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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