underfong

verb

1. To seduce, entrap; surround, overcome.

   obsolete

   Thou..that by trecheree Didst underfong my lasse, to wexe so light.

Where it comes from

From Middle English underfongen, underfangen, from Old English underfōn (“to receive, undertake, accept”), from Proto-West Germanic *underfą̄han (“to receive, undertake”). Cognate with Dutch ondervangen, German unterfangen.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry underfong (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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