vang.
To take; undertake for.
Meaning & usage
To take; undertake for.
To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang.
A line extended down from the end of a gaff to regulate its position.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch vang, from vangen (“to catch”), under influence of earlier English fang. Ultimately a doublet of Etymology 1 above.
To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch vang, from vangen (“to catch”), under influence of earlier English fang. Ultimately a doublet of Etymology 1 above.
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