Old English · noun
andfeng
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈɑndˌfenɡ/[ˈɑndˌfeŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈɑnd · ˌfenɡ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- receivingtaking
Meaning
-
taking, receiving
byþ ðearle sċearp; ðeġna ġehwylċum anfeng ys yfyl, unġemetun rēþe manna ġehwylċun ðe him mid resteð.
Thorn is very sharp. It’s taking is an evil to any of thanes, measurelessly brutal to any of the men who rests at it.
c. 1000, The Rune Poem:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From and- (“fully”) + feng (“what is taken, booty”).
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