fongen in Middle English

IPA: /ˈfɔŋɡən/, /ˈfoːŋɡən/, /ˈfaŋɡən/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|fōn||to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter}} Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), {{der|enm|non|fanga||to fetch, capture}} Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*fanhaną}} Proto-Germanic *fanhaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} fongen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|fong}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fongen [infinitive], to fongen [infinitive], fonge [infinitive], fonge [first-person, present, singular], fonged [first-person, past, singular], fongest [present, second-person, singular], fongedest [past, second-person, singular], fongeth [present, singular, third-person], fonged [past, singular, third-person], fonge [present, singular, subjunctive], fonged [past, singular, subjunctive], fonge [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], fongen [plural, present], fonge [plural, present], fongeden [past, plural], fongede [past, plural], fongeth [imperative, plural, present], fonge [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], fongynge [participle, present], fongende [participle, present], fonged [participle, past], yfonged [participle, past], fangen [alternative]

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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "fang"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "fang"
    },
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        "infinitive"
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      "form": "fongeden",
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    {
      "form": "fongede",
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      "form": "fongynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fongende",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fonged",
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      ]
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      "form": "yfonged",
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    },
    {
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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        },
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        "to grasp or seize"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔŋɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoːŋɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfaŋɡən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fongen"
}

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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "fang"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "fang"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
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        "adj"
      ],
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    }
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    },
    {
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        "infinitive"
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        "present"
      ]
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fongeden",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "fongede",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fongeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fonge",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fongynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fongende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fonged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfonged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fangen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "verb"
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      "expansion": "fongen",
      "name": "head"
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        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English verbs",
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      "glosses": [
        "to grasp or seize"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔŋɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoːŋɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfaŋɡən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fongen"
}

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