Etymology

Formed on fonge.

PGmc Ancestor

*fanxan-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

fanga ‘to fetch, capture’
(ONP fanga (2) (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far fanga, Icel fanga, Norw fanga, Dan fange, OSw fænga

OE Cognate

fōn ‘to grasp, catch (etc.)’ (pp. fangen)

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

CCC1ac

Attestation

See fonge.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 910

Bibliography

MED underfongen (v.), OED underfong (v.), EDD fang (v.), Dance fonge, de Vries fanga, Mag. fanga, Seebold fanh-a-