Old English · verb
onfon
Normalised onfōn
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class VII
- IPA
- /onˈfoːn/
- Syllables
- on · ˈfoːn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- acceptreceivecatch onperceiveundergoundertake
Meaning
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to receive, accept
...ac onfōh mē nū þīnne āgene þēawa, for ic eom flēonde fram hym.
...but do Thou receive me now, Thine own servant, for I am fleeing from them.
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies -
to take
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to perceive, catch on to
-
to undertake, undergo
Conjugation
All forms (13)
Etymology
From earlier ondfōn, from Proto-Germanic *anda- + *fanhaną (“to accept”). Cognate with obsolete West Frisian ûntfean (“to receive”), Old High German intfahan (German empfangen). Equivalent to and- + fōn.
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