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Rh receive, take, seize, 911; ''imperat. sg. onfōh, 1169; pret. onfēng, 52, 1214, etc.; hē onfēng hraðe inwit-þancum ond wið earm gesæt, “he (Grendel) quickly seized [Beowulf] with hostile intent and sat on, fixed, came down on, his arm” (or'', as Grein, “Beowulf quickly received the malignant monster, and supported himself on his arm”), 748.

þurh-fōn, st. v., with acc., [seize ] penetrate, 1504.

wið-fōn, st. v., with dat., grapple ; pret. wið-fēng, 760.

ymbe-fōn, st. v., with acc., [seize about] encircle, enclose; pret. ymbefēng, 2691.

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