eldertongue

Old English · noun

underfangelnes

Part of speech
noun, feminine

Meaning

  1. undertaking, acceptance (glosses Latin susceptio)

Etymology

By surface analysis, under- + fōn (“to snatch, grap (past participle fangen)”) + -el + -nes

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