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FÉGAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
FÉGAN, p. de; pp. ed
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To join, bind, unite, fix; jungĕre, pangĕre
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  • Heó fégeþ mec on fæsten

    she binds me in a fastness,

    • Exon. 107 a
    • ;
    • Th. 407, 22
    • ;
    • Rä. 26, 9.
  • Freóndseipe fegþ

    it unites friendship,

    • Somn. 128
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 206, 4.
  • Hió me on nearo fégde

    she fixed me in a strait,

    • Exon. 124 b
    • ;
    • Th. 479, 12
    • ;
    • Rä. 62, 6.
Etymology
[
Laym. fiede wrote
:
Orm. feȝest joinest; feȝȝed, pp. composed
:
Plat. fögen
:
O. Sax. fógian
:
Frs. fuwgjen
:
O. Frs. foga
:
Dut. voegen
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Ger. fügen
:
M. H. Ger. vüege
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O. H. Ger. fuogjan, fuogan
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Dan. föie
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Swed. foga
:
Lat. păciscor to make a contract
:
Grk. πήγνυμι to join, fasten
:
Sansk. pas to bind.
]
Derived forms
ge-fégan, up-fégean
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