different between fang vs wolpertinger

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?ng, IPA^(key): /fæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From an abbreviation of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fængt?þ, fengt?þ (“canine tooth”, literally “snag-tooth, catch-tooth”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand.

Noun

fang (plural fangs)

1. a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
2. (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom

Derived terms

• fanged
• fangless
• unfang

Translations

Verb

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

1. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
   • 1722, Ambrose Philips, The Briton

     chariots fang'd with scythes

Etymology 2

From Middle English fangen, from Old English f?n (“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 *fanhan?, *fang?n? (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to attach”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”), Albanian peng (“to hinder, hold captive”), Sanskrit ?????? (p??áyati, “(s)he binds”).

Verb

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

1. (transitive, dialectal or archaic) To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
   • 1605, John Webster, Northward Ho, Act 1, Scene 2:

     Gentlemen, break not the head of the peace: it's to no purpose, for he's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.
2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
3. (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
4. (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) To receive.
5. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

Synonyms

• (seize; grip; clutch): clasp, grasp, grip; See also Thesaurus:grasp
• (take): land, lay hands on, score; See also Thesaurus:receive or Thesaurus:take
• (receive with hospitality): greet, welcome
• (receive): cop, get; See also Thesaurus:receive
• (adopt into spiritual relation):

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle English fang, feng (“a catching, capture, seizing”), from Old English fang, feng (“grip, embrace, grasp, grasping, capture, prey, booty, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *fang?, *fangiz, *fanhiz (“catch, catching, seizure”), from *fanhan? (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to attach”). Cognate with Scots fang (“that which is taken, capture, catch, prey, booty”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek ??????? (p?gnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit ?????? (p??áyati, “(s)he binds”).

Noun

fang (plural fangs)

1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
2. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
3. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
4. (mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
5. (rare, in the plural) Cage-shuts.
6. (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
7. (nautical) The valve of a pump box.

Synonyms

• (stolen goods): See Thesaurus:booty

Derived terms

• fanging
• lose the fang

Verb

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

1. (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

Catalan

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Gothic ???????????????????? (fanga, “mud, addle, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *fang? (“wetness, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *penk- (“mud, rot, filth”).

Cognate with French fange (“mud, mire”) (from Germanic), German feucht (“moist, damp”), Dutch vocht (“moisture, humidity”), Old English f?ht (“moist, damp”), Swedish fukt (“moisture, humidity”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fa?k/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?fa?/

Noun

fang m (plural fangs)

1. mud

Derived terms

• a pastar fang
• fangós
• parafang

Descendants

• Spanish: fango

See also

• llot

Further reading

• “fang” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fang” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fang” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fang” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Verb

fang

1. imperative of fange
   1. Catch.
   2. Capture.

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

fang

1. singular imperative of fangen

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fang (“catch; embrace, hold”), from Proto-Germanic *fang? (“catch”), from Proto-Germanic *fanhan? (“to take, to seize; to catch, to capture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fau?k/
• Rhymes: -au?k

Noun

fang n (genitive singular fangs, nominative plural föng)

1. embrace, hold, grasp

   Synonym: faðmur

2. (in the plural) provisions

   Synonym: vistir

Declension

Related terms

• fá (“to get, to receive”)
• fengur (“catch; benefit, gain”)

Mandarin

Romanization

fang

1. Nonstandard spelling of f?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fáng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of f?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of fàng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fang n (definite singular fanget, indefinite plural fang, definite plural fanga or fangene)

1. lap

Verb

fang

1. imperative of fange

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fang

Noun

fang n (definite singular fanget, indefinite plural fang, definite plural fanga)

1. lap

Etymology 2

Verb

fang

1. imperative of fanga

References

• “fang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fang?, *fangiz, *fanhiz (“catch, catching, seizure”), from *fanhan? (“to catch, capture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?n?/, [f???]

Noun

fang m

1. plunder, booty

Declension

Related terms

• f?n

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fang (compare Welsh gwanc (“voracity”))

Noun

fang f (genitive singular fainge, plural fangan)

1. vulture
2. raven

References

• “fang” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fang”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain

Noun

fang

1. fank, sheep pen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wolpertinger.

Noun

wolpertinger (plural wolpertingers)

1. A fictional creature said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria, having various incongruous features such as wings, antlers, and fangs.
   • 1995, Greg N Carlson, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, The generic book

     The wolpertinger roams the mountains and forests of the Bavarian Alps.

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