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† underˈfong, v. Obs.
Pa. tense 4 -fanged, -id, -fonged.
[under-1 8 a + fang v.1 Cf. underfo v. and MDu. and Du. ondervangen, MLG. undervangen, G. unterfangen.]
1. trans. = underfo v. 1.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 51 Hwenne þu scrift underuongest of þe sunnen þe þu idon hauest. c1200Ormin 11112 Forr tunnderrfanngenn Crisstenndom & fulluhht unnderr Criste. a1300K. Horn 345 (Harl. MS.), Shame þe mote by shoure, Ant euel hap to vnderfonge. c1350Will. Palerne 5259 To vnder-fonge in fee al þat faire reaume. c1400St. Alexius (Trin.) 44 Þo þis child to cherche com, To vnderfonge cristendom. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 3075 At the last we shal vndirfong For oure reward grete maugre. 1553Becon Reliques of Rome (1563) 253 Al yt..giuen or vnderfongen in way of simonie. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Nov. 22 If thou..lust light virelayes, And looser songs of loue to vnderfong.
b. = underfo v. 1 b.
a1225Ancr. R. 38 Swete lefdi seinte Marie,..vnderuong mine gretunge mid ten ilke Aue. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 1015 Ich vnder-fong þis present, & þonke hir þat it hider sent; Hir druerie ich vnder-fong. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iii. 208 Þe pope and his prelates presentes vnderfongen. c1400Prymer in Maskell Mon. Rit. (1846) II. 107 God, to whom it is propre to be merciful,..vndirfonge oure preieris.
c. To comprehend; to conceive.
a1300Cursor M. 1542 For-þi lete god þam lijf sua lang þat þai moght seke and vnderfang þe kynd o thinges þat þan were dern. Ibid. 10354 A maiden child noght þar-to lang O þe þi wijf sal vnder-fang.
2. = underfo v. 3.
a1175Cott. Hom. 239 Þer beoð anu ȝeredie þe wereȝede gastes, þe hine uniredlice underfangeð mid stiarne swupen. a1225Ancr. R. 190 Nedlunge ȝe moten underuongen me... Hwose underuongeð me gledliche, & makeð me ueire chere [etc.]. 13..Coer de L. 743 The kyng comaunded..In strong presoun they schuld be done. His jayler hem gan underfong, And took Kyng Rychard be the hond. a1400–50Alexander 2793 (Dublin MS.), And erls of our empire..Karyn þaim to sir Alexander,..And he þaim fair vnderfongez & feffys þaim in Landes. c1440Gesta Rom. l. 226 (Harl. MS.), Be thow tornid to me, thow synfulle soule, and I shalle vnderfonge the. 1553Becon Reliques of Rome (1563) 253 That no man vndirfong or take any folke into his house.
3. = underfo v. 2.
c1330Amis & Amil. 1255 Yif thou this bataile vnderfong, Thou schalt haue an euentour strong. c1400Rom. Rose 5710 He vndirfongith a gret peyne That vndirtakith to drynke vp seyne. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas Prol. 35 To under⁓fong this labour they him prey. a1500H. Medwall Nature (Brandl) ii. 32 Hard yt wyll be for vs..Agayn them warre or batayll to vnderfong. 1525La Conusaunce Damours (Pynson) c j, Our ornate Chaucer other bokes amonge In his lyfe dayes dyd vnderfonge To translate..the sayd story.
4. = underfo v. 4. rare—1.
1382Wyclif Rev. Prol., What sche [sc. the church] schal suffre in this present tyme, and what sche schal vndurfonge in tyme to come.
5. To seduce, entrap, overcome.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. June 103 Thou..that by trecheree Didst vnderfong my lasse, to wexe so light. 1596― F.Q. v. ii. 7 With his powre he..makes them subiect to his mighty wrong; And some by sleight he eke doth vnderfong. 1614J. Davies (Heref.) Eclogue 117 For, time will vnderfong vs; and our voice Woll woxon weake.
6. To surround, enclose. rare—1.
1599Nashe Lenten Stuff 14 They haue towres vpon them sixteene: mounts vnderfonging and enflancking them.
Hence † underˈfonging vbl. n. Obs.
1340Ayenb. 37 Þe ontrewe reuen..þet..rekeneþ more ine dedes and ine spendinge an lesse ine onderuonginge and ine rentes. c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. (1908) xiv. 90 His souereyn mekenes in the vnderfongynge of his baptisme. |