fangle

Etymology

Comes from Middle English fangelen (a verb), from fangel ("inclined to take", an adjective), from Old English *fangol, *fangel ("inclined to take"), from fōn ("to take, seize"). Compare Old English andfangol ("undertaker, contractor"), Old English underfangelnes ("undertaking, hospitality"), Middle English fangen ("to take, seize, catch"), and German fangen ("to catch"). See also fang.