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fang

nafnorðhvorugkyn
[for the root vide fá]
I. a catching, fetching:
1. catching fish, fishing, 26, 32; halda til fangs, to go a-fishing, 38: a take of fish, stores of fish, hann bað þá láta laust fangit allt, þat er þeir höfðu fangit, iv. 331; af öllu því fangi er þeir hljóta af dauðum hvölum, 36; þat er þeir áttu báðir, veiði-fang, her-fang, prey.2. in ,
α. baggage, luggage, 112; föng ok fargögn, luggage and carriage, 266; ok er þeir höfðu upp borit föngin, carriage, 324: stores, forn korn ok önnur föng, iv. 254.β. provisions, at a feast; öll vóru föng hin beztu, iv. 102; kostnaðar-mikit ok þurfti föng mikil, 39; Þórólfr sópask mjök um föng, 42; veizla var hin prúðlegsta ok öll föng hin beztu, 44; hann leitaði alls-konar fanga til bús síns, 68, 19, 218; hence, borð með hinum beztum föngum, board with good cheer, i. 66; búa ferð hennar sæmiliga með hinum beztum föngum, x. 102.γ. means, opportunity; því at eins at engi sé önnur föng, iv. 176; meðan svá góð föng eru á sem nú, 209; hafa föng á e-u, or til e-s, to be enabled to do a thing, viii. 143, x. 388, 114, 30, 81, 150, 18; urðu þá engi föng önnur, there was no help (issue) for it (but that …), vii. 311; af (eptir) föngum, to the best of one’s power, x. 355; af beztu föngum býr hón rúmið, 3. 24; at-föng, ; bú-föng (bú-fang), ; öl-föng, vín-föng, store of ale, wine.
3. the phrase, fá konu fangi, to wed a woman, i. 350: fangs-tíð, wedding season, 343; hence kván-fang, ver-fang, marriage.
II. an embryo, fetus, in sheep or kine; ef graðungr eltir fang ór kú, 303: the phrase, láta fangi, to ‘go back,’ of a cow.
β. a fault, to fall, iii. 426 (in a verse).
III. that with which one clasps or embraces, the breast and arms; kom spjótið í fang honum, the spear pierced his breast, 23, ii. 111; reka í fang e-m, to throw in one’s face, 176; hafa e-t í fangi sér, to hold in one’s arms, Bdl. 344; hné hón aptr í honum, Ísl. ii. 275; taka sér í fang, to take into one’s arms, Mark x. 16; hals-fang, embraces.
2. an apron, (Gl.)3. færask e-t í fang, to have in one’s grip, to undertake a thing, vii. 136; færask e-t ór fangi, to throw off, refuse, iii. 254: the phrase, hafa fullt í fangi, to have one’s hands full.4. wrestling, grappling with, Ísl. ii. 445, 446, 457; taka fang við e-n, 33; ganga til fangs, 163: the saying, fangs er ván at frekum úlfi, there will be a grapple with a greedy wolf, 250, 66, v. 294, 2. 13.
β. the phrases, ganga á fang við e-n, to grapple with one, provoke one, 206; ganga í fang e-m, id., 31; slíka menn sem hann hefir í fangi, such men as he has to grapple with, 36; fá fang á e-m, or fá fang af e-m, to get hold of one; fékk engi þeirra fang á mér, 185, x. 159; sá þeir, at þeir fengu ekki af Erlingi, they saw that they could not catch E., vii. 300, xi. 96.
5. an armful; skíða-fang, viðar-fang, an armful of fuel: call small hay-cocks fang or föng, hence fanga hey upp, to put the hay into cocks: fanga-hnappr, a bundle of hay, armful.
IV. in the compds vet-fangr, hjör-fangr, the f is = v, vet-vangr, hjör-vangr, vide vangr.
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