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† underfo, v. Obs.
Pa. tense 1–4 (5) -feng (4 -fenge), 3–4 -ueng, 4 -uinge, 5 -fynge; 4 -fang, -vong, 4–5 -fong(e. Pa. pple. 1–2 -fangen, 4–5 -fongen (4 -un, -yng), 3–6 -fonge, 4 -uonge, -venge.
[OE. underfón, = MDu. ondervaen, OHG. untarfâhan, MHG. undervâhen. See under-1 8 a and fang v.1]
1. trans. To receive (a thing); to have (something) given to one; to come to have or possess.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xiv. §3 Eala þæt hit is god..þæt mon micelne welan hæbbe, nu se næfre ne wyrð orsorᵹ þe hine underfehð. 962–3Laws Edgar Suppl. 1 Þa Godes þeowas, þe þa sceattas underfoð þe we Gode syllað. c1040Bidding Prayer in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. (1912) 10 For ealle þa saula þe fulluht under-fengan. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 97 Þis dai is bicumelich time husel to underfon. c1275Sinners Beware 317 in O.E. Misc. 82 To day ye schuleþ y-frede And vnder-fo luþre mede. 1340Ayenb. 101 Alle oure broþren..þet byeþ children of holy cherche, be þe byleaue þet hi onderuinge ine cristnynge. c1400Brut 13 And Guentolen..vndirfonge feautes & homages of all þe men of þe land. a1513Fabyan Chron. 4 Of the peas that hath been vnder⁓fonge, Both by great othes, and eke by maryage.
b. To receive willingly; to accept.
c1000Ags. Psalter (Spelman) vi. 9 Drihten ᵹebed min he underfeng. c1175Pater Noster in Lamb. Hom. 65 God wule hit underfon, Wenne ic forȝeue min hating. c1205Lay. 10141 For þe king wolde wel don, & Cristes laȝen vnderfon. a1225Leg. Kath. 982 Þu..underfest þe an half & dustest adun þe oðere. a1300Cursor M. 2700 His fader [was] nineti and nine þat day Þai vnder-fang þis neu lai.
c. To admit into a receptacle; to conceive.
a1100in Napier O.E. Glosses i. 3819 [Cadaver] receptet,..underfo. c1175Lamb. Hom. 77 Þu scald underfon an child in þi wombe. c1275XI Pains of Hell 236 in O.E. Misc. 153 Vurþer, þer his on oþer put... Seoue duren þer beoþ on, Þe saulen for to under-fon. 1379Glouc. Cath. MS. 19 No. 1, Lib. i. iii. fol. 2 Whenne thy duodene hath vnder⁓fongyng & receyved the fode out froo the mawe gutte.
d. To have understanding of or skill in.
a1300Cursor M. 1519 Cubal [v.r. Tobal] þer broþer first vnderfang Music, þat es þe sune o sang.
2. To take in hand; to undertake.
c893K. ælfred Oros. ii. ii. 66 Romulus æfter þiosan under⁓feng Cirinensa ᵹewinn. c897― Gregory's Past. C. xxi. 161 Ðonne hie ðara eorðlicra monna heortan underfoð to læronne. c1000ælfric Numb. xi. 17 Hiᵹ underfoð þis folc mid þe, þæt þu ne si ana ᵹehefeᵹod. 1399Gower Praise of Peace 264 The heved above hem hath noght undirfongen To sette pes, bot every man sleeth other.
3. To receive (a person); to admit to one's presence, society, or friendship; to accept.
924–5Laws Edward 10 Ne underfo nan man oðres mannes man butan þæs leafe þe he ær fyliᵹde. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. x. 40 Se þe eow underfehð, he underfehð me. c1200Ormin 12936 Þatt Godd iss rædiȝ tunnderrfon Þatt follc þatt rihht himm follȝheþþ. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1679 And a maiden was hire bi-tagt, Zelfa bi name... Iacob gan hire under-fon. 13..K. Alis. 7046 (Laud MS.), Þise vnderfongen þe Emperoure, And duden to hym al honoure. 1382Wyclif Rom. 1st Prol., The Lord..not onli ȝee wolden not resceyuen, but also ȝee slowen; whom we vnderfongen.
b. To receive in a specified manner.
a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1022, æðelnoð biscop for to Rome & wæs under-fangen þær fram Benedicte..myd mycclum wurðscipe. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 141 Ure drihten underfeng eadmodliche ane sinfulle wimman and forgiaf hire hire sinnen. c1230Hali Meid. 41 He vnderfeð bliðeliche, & bicluppeð swoteluche, þe alre laðlukest. c1290Beket 1367 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 145 Þo seint thomas to Rome cam, faire he was onder-fonge. a1330Roland & V. 87 Þemperour was glad y-wis, & vnderfenge wiþ miche blis Sir charls þe king. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 239 At his comynge he schulde wiþ þre manere worschippe be vnder⁓fonge. c1400Brut 9 And when Brut wyste whens þei were, he þo vndirfong hem with mychel ioy in-to his Shepys. c1425Eng. Conq. Ireland 8 Þe bisshop well wyrshipfully vndre⁓fynge [v.r. vndyrfonge] Macmorgh.
c. spec. To receive at baptism.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. i. 74 Holi church Icham... Ich þe vndurfong furst and þi feiþ þe tauȝte. 1377Ibid. B. xi. 113 On holicherche I þouȝte, Þat vnderfonge me atte fonte.
4. To receive by way of hurt or harm; to undergo, suffer.
c1000ælfric Numb. xiv. 34 On feowertiᵹum ᵹearum ᵹe underfoð eowere unrihtwisnissa, þæt ᵹe witon mine wrace. c1175Lamb. Hom. 119 Vre drihtnes..þrowunge þe he for moncunne underfeng. a1225Leg. Kath. 2234 Streche forð þine swire scharp sweord to underfonne. c1250Gen. & Ex. 480 Lamech droȝe is arwe ner, And letet fleȝen of ðe streng, Caim unwarde it under-feng. a1325MS. Rawl. B. 520 fol. 53 Þat he þat hat vnderfonge þe harmes habbe bref of wast.
5. To reprove, rebuke. rare—1.
c1400Brut 138 Þe Erchebisshope..vnderfonge [v.r. vndir⁓toke] him of his Wickednesse. |