Wiktionary
befang
vb. 1 (context transitive UK dialectal English) To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch. 2 (context intransitive obsolete English) To take hold on; begin or commence upon. 3 (context transitive obsolete English) To encompass; enclose; contain; comprehend.
Usage examples of "befang".
Befanged it was and dense, atangle with great spiked thorns, long and sharp and iron hard, living stilettoes, and even birds found it difficult to manage among its nigh impenetrable, interwoven branches.