Participles
| Present | onfōnde |
| Past | onfangen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | onfō |
| 2nd sing. | onfēhst |
| 3rd sing. | onfēhþ |
| 1st plur. | onfōþ |
| 2nd plur. | onfōþ |
| 3rd plur. | onfōþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | onfēng |
| 2nd sing. | onfēnge |
| 3rd sing. | onfēng |
| 1st plur. | onfēngon |
| 2nd plur. | onfēngon |
| 3rd plur. | onfēngon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | onfō |
| 2nd sing. | onfō |
| 3rd sing. | onfō |
| 1st plur. | onfōn |
| 2nd plur. | onfōn |
| 3rd plur. | onfōn |
Past
| 1st sing. | onfēnge |
| 2nd sing. | onfēnge |
| 3rd sing. | onfēnge |
| 1st plur. | onfēngen |
| 2nd plur. | onfēngen |
| 3rd plur. | onfēngen |
Imperative
| Singular | onfōh |
| Plural | onfōþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'onfon'
ymbfon,
ymbhon,
underfon,
ætfon,
befon,
behon,
onfon,
forfon,
misfon,
ondfon,
forefon,
wiþfon,
Verbs similar to 'onfon'
ondfon,
ondon,
ætfon,
afon,
befon,
fon,
forfon,
gefon,
onteon,
undon,
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. See: Old High German 'intfahan', German, old spelling '
empfangen'.
Verbs referencing "onfon"
Swedish
undfå.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
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...ac onfōh mē nū þīnne āgene þēawa, for ic eom flēonde fram hym. (...but do Thou receive me now, Thine own servant, for I am fleeing from them.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
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Onfōh me fram mannum, and agíf me minum Láreowe, þæt he ðurh ðe me underfō, seðe þurh ðe me alysde." (Receive me from men, and give me to my Teacher, that he through thee receive me, who through thee hath redeemed me.")