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under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
add: where the object is material or non-material
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  • Nis nán man fæstende þe underféhð mid múðe ǽniges gesceaftes sǽ oððe eorðan,

      Hml. Th. ii. 330, 34.

  • Cóm án gecrístnod man tó Martine . . . wolde his láre underfón, Hml. S. 31, 208. I a. to receive what is entrusted to one :-- Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn underfó (onfó, v.l.), Ll. Th. . 74, 9. (l b)

    to receive

    what moves to meet one :-- Hú manige hleórslægeas hé underféng æt ðæm ðe hine bismredon.
      Past. 261, 6.
    þæt hé þæt hálige treów underfénge feallende tó foldan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 27.
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  • Hé syþþan þá bletsungan underféng,

      Chr. 1070; P. 206, 18.

  • Hé hæfde mid him sume underfangene (some who had been baptized) þe synfulle wǽron and æfter heora fulluhte fela tó yfele dydon, Hml. S. 31, 730. II a. to submit to punishment :-- Underfón hí beheafdunge, Hml. Th. i. 420, 7. Ill i. add: — Geoweorða wæs Mecipsuses mǽg, and hé hiene on his geogoðe underféng, and hiene fédan hét and tyhtan mid his twám sunum

    Jugurtha, Micipsae adoptivus, heresque inter naturales ejus filios factus,

      Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 8.

  • Hí fóron tó Baldewine eorle, and hé hig ealle underféng, and hí wǽron ealne þone winter þǽr, Chr. 1064 ; P. 195, I. (l a) to receive an envoy,

    give welcome to

    :-- Þá ǽrendracan man mid wurðscipe underféng,
      Chr. 785 ; P. 55, 6.
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  • Hié hæfdun hiera cyning áworpenne and ungecyndne cyning uuderféngon. Chr. 867; P. 68, 20. (6a)

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    :-- Ðá sáule ð ðá gebodu angietað, and hié mid godcundre lufan underfóð, gif ðæt under-fangne andgit. . . ,
      Past. 367, 10.

  • For ðý ðæt óðre men ðá ilcan bisne underfón,

      451, 5.

  • Hié noldon underfón ðíne láre,

      267, 3.

  • IV.

    add: to accept

    advice, terms, &c. :-- Se cyning þisne rǽd underféng,
      Hml. A. 94, 67.

  • Hé wolde ꝥ heom grið betweónan beón sceolde, and him man gafol and metsunge syllan sceolde, and hí ðá ealle ꝥ underféngon,

      Chr. 1006; P. 137, 20.

  • V.

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    :-- Þ weolcen underféng hine,
      Nap. 64, 36.

  • VI a. add :-- Ðæt ðæt gé gǽsðlíce underféngon, gé willað geendigan flǽsclíce

    cum spiritu coeperitis, nunc carne consummemini,

      Past. 207, 16.

  • Hí nyllað underfón ðæt uncúðe ðæt hí gehírað

    neque sequuntur, quae inexperta audiunt,

      441, 7.

  • Þǽre geendudne . . . mæssan þénunge underfó

    qua finita cantor missę officium inchoet,

      Angl. xiii. 391, 373.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “under-fón.” 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/59770.

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