"fon" meaning in Old English

See fon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /foːn/
Etymology: From earlier *fōhan [ˈfoː.xɑn], from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han. Cognate with Old Frisian fā, Old Saxon fahan, Old Dutch fān, Old High German fahan, Old Norse fá, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fą̄han}} Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, {{cog|ofs|fā}} Old Frisian fā, {{cog|osx|fahan}} Old Saxon fahan, {{cog|odt|fān}} Old Dutch fān, {{cog|goh|fahan}} Old High German fahan, {{cog|non|fá}} Old Norse fá, {{cog|got|𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan) Head templates: {{ang-verb|fōn}} fōn Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|fōn<s7>}} Forms: fōn [canonical], strong [table-tags], fōn [infinitive], fōnne [infinitive], fō [first-person, present, singular], fēng [first-person, past, singular], fēhst [present, second-person, singular], fēnge [past, second-person, singular], fēhþ [present, singular, third-person], fēng [past, singular, third-person], fōþ [plural, present], fēngon [past, plural], fō [present, singular], fēnge [past, singular], fōn [plural, present], fēngen [past, plural], fōh [imperative, past, present, singular], fōþ [imperative, past, plural, present], fōnde [imperative, present], fangen [imperative, past], ġefangen [imperative, past]
  1. to catch, capture; seize
    Sense id: en-fon-ang-verb-xGXQxNi4
  2. (with tō) to take what is given, receive or accept what is offered
    Sense id: en-fon-ang-verb-UBwG95t4 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 21 58 21
  3. (with tō) to conquer, take over
    Sense id: en-fon-ang-verb-XjmBdgqq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ætfōn, befōn, *fenġa, forefōn, forfōn, misfōn, onfōn, underfōn, wiþfōn, ymbfōn, āfōn, ġefōn

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          "english": "Then said Simon Peter to them. I want to go fishing. Then they said to him, and we want to go with you. And they went out and went in a ship, and caught nothing in the night.",
          "roman": "Ðā cwæð Simon Petrus tō him, Ic wylle gān on fixað. Þā cwǣdon hī tō him, And wē wyllað gān mid þē. And hī ēodon ūt, and ēodon on scip, and ne fēngon nān þing on þǣre nihte.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, \"Gospel of Saint John\", chapter 21, verse 3",
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          "english": "Seals, whales and dolphins are often caught here.",
          "text": "c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nHēr bēoþ oft fangene sēolas and hranas and mereswīn.",
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      "ipa": "/foːn/"
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          "english": "Then said Simon Peter to them. I want to go fishing. Then they said to him, and we want to go with you. And they went out and went in a ship, and caught nothing in the night.",
          "roman": "Ðā cwæð Simon Petrus tō him, Ic wylle gān on fixað. Þā cwǣdon hī tō him, And wē wyllað gān mid þē. And hī ēodon ūt, and ēodon on scip, and ne fēngon nān þing on þǣre nihte.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, \"Gospel of Saint John\", chapter 21, verse 3",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "english": "Seals, whales and dolphins are often caught here.",
          "text": "c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nHēr bēoþ oft fangene sēolas and hranas and mereswīn.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "text": "Hīe cwǣdon þæt hē wolde tō þǣre byrġ fōn.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to conquer, take over"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conquer",
          "conquer"
        ],
        [
          "take over",
          "take over"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with tō) to conquer, take over"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with tō"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/foːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fon"
}

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