fanger

See also: Fanger and Fänger

English

Etymology

From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang +‎ -er. Cognate with Old High German fangari (“fanger; one who takes”).

Noun

fanger (plural fangers)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) A receiver.
  2. (obsolete) A helper; protector.

Danish

Verb

fanger

  1. present of fange

Noun

fanger

  1. indefinite plural of fange

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger. Cognates include West Frisian finger.

Noun

fanger m (plural fangern)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) finger

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fanger m pl

  1. indefinite plural of fange

Verb

fanger

  1. present of fange
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