Middle English Dictionary Entry
fō̆nger n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fō̆nger n. Also fanger. |
| Etymology | From fō̆ngen . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who receives (a gift); (b) that which receives (light, form), recipient; (c) a protector, helper, guardian.
Associated quotations
a
- c1410 Trev.Higd.(Add 24194)8.309 fn. : Fongeres [StJ-C: Þe two and twenty Iohn was pope aboute eyȝtene ȝere..he hated fongyng of ȝiftes].
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)15b/a : He hatte..fongers of liȝt; þerby he meneth þat þe ordre of Cherubyn is passinge oþir I filde of þe schinynge of god.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)15b/b : Also þey [Cherubyn] beþ I clepid fongers of schinynge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)156b/a : Þe mater þat was y made of noȝt to be firste fonger of shappes, & þat by moste ordinate ȝifte of god.
c
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)45.11 : Our fanger [L susceptor; Eg: fonger] god of Iacob be.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)3.3 : Lauerd, mi fanger [L susceptor; Hrl: fonger] art þou.