underfon

Etymology
Equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1) to receive, get
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
 * "ang"

- ...þā læġ þǣr sum creopere lama fram cildhāde sē wæs dæġhwāmlīce ġeboren tō þām beorhtan ġete þæt hē ælmessan underfencge æt þām infarendum...


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- Andreas him andwyrde, "Eala gif ðu witan woldest þære halgan rode ġerȳnu, mid hú sceadwisre lufe manncynna Ealdor, for ure edstaðelunge þære rode gealgan underfeng, na geneadod, ac sylfwilles."


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- Orsorh and blissigende ic cume to ðe, swa þæt ðu me blissigende underfō, ðæs leorning-cniht ðe on ðe hangode, forðan ðe ic þe symle lufode, and ic gewilnode ðe to ymbclyppenne. Eala ðu góde rod, þe wlite and fægernysse of Drihtnes lymum underfenge, ðu wære gefyrn gewilnod and carfullice gelufod, butan to-forlætennysse gesoht, and nu æt nextan minum wilnigendum mode gegearcod. Onfoh me fram mannum, and agíf me minum Láreowe, þæt he ðurh ðe me underfō, seðe þurh ðe me alysde."


 * 1) to submit to
 * 2) to take in, accept, or admit
 * 3) to take upon one's self; to undertake with effort
 * 4) to take up a burden; to undergo, bear
 * 5) to take surreptitiously; to steal