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f
ō
n
V
To grasp, catch, seize, to seize with hostile intention, take, undertake, accept, receive
Source:
Ringe 2014
:314,
https://bosworthtoller.com/11157
originates from: PGmc
*fanhaną
"to catch, to seize" (fanhaną
>
fanhan
>
fą̄han
>
fōhan
>
fōn) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Ringe 2014
:314)