onfon

== Old English == === Etymology === From earlier ondfōn, from Proto-Germanic *anda- + *fanhaną (“to accept”). Cognate with obsolete West Frisian ûntfean (“to receive”), Old High German intfahan (German empfangen). Equivalent to and- +‎ fōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /onˈfoːn/ === Verb === onfōn (+ dative/accusative) to receive, accept late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle" to take to perceive, catch on to to undertake, undergo ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: onfon, onfangen