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Wright's OE grammar
§239; §317; §387;
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a taking
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  • Faengae, fenge

    pro captu,

    • Txts. 82, 727.
a taking hold by way of greeting, embrace:
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  • On fænge (fenge, 102, 61) ge on clyppe,

    • Angl. xi. 99, 76.
a taking of fish, game, &c.:
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  • Feng fisca

    captura piscium,

    • Lk. p. 4, 17
      • .

  • In feng ðǽra fiscana

    in captura piscium,

    Jn. p. 8, 9.
capture, seizure of a person:
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  • Sé þe ne sealde ús on gehæfte ł tó fæncge

    (in captionem)

    tóðum heora,

    • Ps. L. 123, 6
      • .
of concrete things.
that which grasps, embraces, catches
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  • Arpax geara feng

    vel lupus, arpago

    hooc,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 42
      • .

  • Geara feng

    peeris

    (cf. gearufang

    proceris,

    • 63, 75
      • ),
    • 57, 14.

  • Belocenum fenge

    contenta sinu, concluso,

    • ii. 135, 4
      • .
that which is formed as a clasp
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  • Foreweard feng þǽre lippena tógædere

    rostrum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 26
      • .
what is taken captive
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  • Feng gilǽdde gefeng

    captivam duxit captivitatem,

    • Rtl. 83, 3
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. feng.
O. Frs. feng
:
Icel. fengr.
]
Similar entries
v. æt-, ge-, mis-, þeóf-, ymb-feng; fang; on-fenge.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “feng.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/44687.

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