fangle
English
/ˈfæŋ.ɡəl/
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
- (obsolete) To trim showily; entangle; hang about.
- (obsolete) To waste time; trifle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fangelen inherited from Old English *fangol, *fangel (inclined to take).
Origin
Old English
*fangol, *fangel
Gloss
inclined to take
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fangleness English
- new English
- newfangle English
- Feuer fangen German
- Unterfangen German
- abfangen German
- anfangen German
- auffangen German
- befangen German
- empfangen German
- fangen German
- fangfrisch German
- verfangen German
- *fangol, *fangel Old English
- fangelen Middle English
- newefangil Middle English