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Old English
Etymology
From earlier ondfōn, from Proto-Germanic *anda- + *fanhaną (“to accept”). Cognate with obsolete West Frisian ûntfean (“to receive”), Old High German intfahan (German empfangen). Equivalent to and- + fōn.
Pronunciation
Verb
onfōn (+ dative/accusative)
- to receive, accept
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
...ac onfōh mē nū þīnne āgene þēawa, for ic eom flēonde fram hym.- ...but do Thou receive me now, Thine own servant, for I am fleeing from them.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
Onfōh me fram mannum, and agíf me minum Láreowe, þæt he ðurh ðe me underfō, seðe þurh ðe me alysde."- Receive me from men, and give me to my Teacher, that he through thee receive me, who through thee hath redeemed me."
- to take
- to perceive, catch on to
- to undertake, undergo
Conjugation
Descendants