underfon

Meaning

1. to receive, get

   ...þā læġ þǣr sum creopere lama fram cildhāde sē wæs dæġhwāmlīce ġeboren tō þām beorhtan ġete þæt hē ælmessan underfencge æt þām infarendum...

   Then lay there a cripple, lame from childhood, who was daily carried to the 'Beautiful' Gate, that he might receive alms from those entering.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"

2. to submit to

3. to take in, accept, or admit

4. to take upon one's self; to undertake with effort

5. to take up a burden; to undergo, bear

6. to take surreptitiously; to steal

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