yfongadj.
taken, seized, received.
ΘΠ
the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [adjective] > seized
yfongc1000
seized1837
grabbed1891
c1000 Ælfric Genesis xliv. 4 Aris and far æfter þisum mannum, and þonne þu hig gefangen hæbbe [etc.].
c1275 Passion of our Lord 460 in Old Eng. Misc. 50 We after vre gultes mede habbeþ yuonge.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6620 At rome he was vaire auonge [MS. δ yfonge] & asoiled al so.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 357 He..deide þe ȝere after he hadde i-fonge [MS. γ yvonge] þe fey of holy chirche oon and twenty.
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adj.c1000- publicfacing
- publichearted
- publicheartedness
- publicise
- publicised
- publicises
- publicising
- publicism
- publicist
- publicistic
- publicists
- publicities
- publicitor
- publicity
- publicity agent
- publicity boy
- publicity bureau
- publicity campaign
- publicity department
- publicity drive
- publicity expert
- publicity film
- publicity handout
- publicity hound
- publicity machine