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† aˈfong, v. Obs.
Forms: inf. 1–4 afó-n, 2–4 afo, 3–5 afong(e, 3–4 avong(e, 4 afang(e, avang(e. pa. tense 1–4 afeng, 2–3 aveng, 3 afong. pa. pple. 1 afangen, afongen. imp. 2 auouh, 3 afeoh.
[f. a- prefix 1 intensive + fón to seize, grasp: see fong, fang.]
1. To take by force or authority; hence, to seize, apprehend.
c975Rushw. Gosp. Matt. iv. 12 Iohannes wæs afongen. a1000Juliana (Grein) 320 Forht afongen, friðes orwena. 1205Layamon 22628 Ȝif he [him] mihte afon, he wolde hine slæn. c1314Guy Warw. 74 Sir Herhaud, thou schalt afong Four hundred knightes.
2. To take (what is offered), to accept.
1205Layamon 14584 Buten þu a þine daȝen afo hæðene laȝen. a1250Owl & Night. 841 That alle tho that hi avoth, Hi weneth that thu segge soth. c1305St. Christoph. in E.E.P. (1862) 65 He..bileouede on god anon And afeng cristendom. c1314Guy Warw. 94 Ac he therof nold afo.
3. To receive (a person), to welcome.
c1000O.E. Gosp. Mark xvi. 19 He wæs on heofonum afangen. c1175Lamb. Hom. 197 Auouh mine soule. 1205Layamon 15661 Vortigerne..þa læuedi aueng? mid swiðe uæire læten. Ibid. 14160 Afeoh heom mid wunne. c1330Arth. & Merl. 2546 And him afenge with fair acord. c1380Sir Ferumb. 2904 Prayhede he to god Almiȝt? scholde ys soule auonge.
4. To receive, get, come into possession of.
a1000Psalms (Spelm.) xlvii. 8 We aféngon mildheortnysse ðine on midle temple. c1175Lamb. Hom. 131 Euric mon scal auon mede. 1205Layamon 23969 He wunde afeng? feouwer unchene long. 1297R. Glouc. 368 As in vorste ȝer, þat he auong hys kynedom. c1315Shoreham 51 And at ordres avangeth hy The boke of the Godspelle. c1330Kyng of Tars 1016 The dethe thei scholde afonge.
b. intr. To be in possession.
c1450Lonelich Grail li. 220 Whethir this fyr scholde lasten longe, Oþer endelesly there stille to a-fonge.
5. To get (offspring), to conceive.
c1305Judas in E.E.P. (1862) 108 Ac hi no child for no þing bituene hem ne miȝte afonge. 1315Shoreham 121 For so hy hyne scholde ferst avonge, Ther nys ni senne ther amonge, Ne noe flesches lykynge.
6. Of a thing: To take in, contain, to hold.
c1300Beket 2349 The contrayes wide and longe Miȝte unethe al that folc that ther com afonge. |