vervahen

== Middle High German == === Alternative forms === vervān === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German firfāhan. By surface analysis, ver- +‎ vāhen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /vərˈvaːhən/, /fərˈfaːhən/ === Verb === vervāhen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present vervāhet or vervæhet, past tense vervienc, past participle vervangen, past subjunctive vervienge, auxiliary hān) to catch (reflexive) to be or get caught, to be or get entangled (as in a net, trap, etc.) (reflexive) to commit oneself, to obligate oneself to understand to manage, to bring off to work, to function, to be successful ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: verfangen === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “vervāhen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “vervāhen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 3rd edition