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feng

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
feng, es; m. [fón to take] .
Wright's OE grammar
§239; §317; §387;
a grasp, span, hug, embrace; amplexus, captus
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  • Ic fára feng feore gedígde

    from the grasp of foes I with life escaped,

    • Beo. Th. 1160
    • ;
    • B. 578.
  • Fýres feng

    the grasp of fire,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 707
    • ;
    • Sal. 353.
what is taken, booty; captum, præda
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  • feng woldon fón

    they would take the booty,

    • Chr. 1016
    • ;
    • Th. 280, 30, col. 2: 33, col. 1.
Derived forms
an-feng, and-, fore-, ofer-, on-, to-, under-
Similar entries
v. fang.
Linked entries
v.  ge-feng gearu-fang.
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  • feng, n.