† i-fangi-fov.
Obsolete.
transitive. To lay hold of, take, grasp, seize.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp
i-fangc888
gripc950
repeOE
befongOE
keepc1000
latchc1000
hentOE
begripec1175
becatchc1200
fang?c1200
i-gripea1225
warpa1225
fastenc1225
arepa1250
to set (one's) hand(s onc1290
kip1297
cleach?a1300
hendc1300
fasta1325
reachc1330
seizec1374
beclipc1380
takea1387
span1398
to seize on or upon1399
getc1440
handc1460
to catch hold1520
to take hold1530
to lay hold (up)on, of1535
grasple1553
to have by the backa1555
handfast1562
apprehend1572
grapple1582
to clap hold of1583
comprehend1584
graspa1586
attach1590
gripple1591
engrasp1593
clum1594
to seize of1600
begriple1607
fast hold1611
impalm1611
fista1616
to set (one's) hand to1638
to get one's hands on1649
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §1 Ær he gefehþ þæt.
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 93/12 Swa hwæt swa ic gefo.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 131 Ðe mon þe wel deð he wel ifehð.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 612 Ȝif ich hit mai ifo.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1645 Þu seist þat gromes þe ifoþ.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11269 He on uaste iueng fæiere his iweden.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4105 Ȝif ich hine mai eower ifon [c1300 Otho ohwa fon].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3617 Þæt is a muchel æit-lond..þet Bruttes ærest ifeng [c1300 Otho a-wan].
a1300 Floriz & Bl. 694 He him nolde aȝen ifo.
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