v. (wk.)
WA faunys
'to fondle, stroke; fawn upon' (Modern English fawn)
PGmc Ancestor
*faʒan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
fagna ‘to be fain, rejoice; welcome, receive with good cheer’
(ONP fagna (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far fagna, Icel fagna, Norw fagna, ODan fagne, Sw fägne
OE Cognate
fægnian, fagnian 'to rejoice, be glad, exalt'
Phonological and morphological markers
[absence of palatalization of */ɡ/] (may not be applicable)
Summary category
CCC2a
There are several citations in MED (from a1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18:Morton)) favouring no particular dial, but Gaw 1919 is the only witness to its sense 3, ‘to pat or stroke (a dog)’.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 1919, WA 785*