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on-cweðan

  • verb [ strong ]
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of animate beings,
to reply, respond
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  • Oft mec slǽpwérigne secg grétan eode, ic him oncweðe,

      Exon. Th. 387, 18.
  • Him Andreas oncwæð,

      Andr. Kmbl. 540; An. 470 : 1109; An. 555.
  • Him Babilone weard andswarode and oncwæð,

      Cd. Th. 229, 3; Dan. 211 : 53, 23; Gen. 865.
  • Judas cwæð . . . him oncwæð cáseres mǽg,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1334; El. 669.
  • Stormas stánclifu beótan, him stearn oncwæð,

      Exon. Th. 307, 14; Seef. 23.
  • Swilce ealle ða anlícnyssa ðe on ðære byrig tó godon gesette wǽron, ðæt hí ealle ætgædere oncwǽdon and ánre stemne clypedon, ðæt hí áweg ðanon woldon . . . and swilce ða strǽta ealle eác oncwǽdon,

      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 93-98.
  • Ne sculon mæssepreóstas bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan, ðæt hé wite hwone hé gréte, and hwá him oncwæðe,

      L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 23.
  • Ðæt hió ðære cwéne oncweðan meahton . . . swá hió him tó sóhte,

      Elen. Kmbl. 648; El. 324.
of inanimate things,
to echo back, give back a sound, reply
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  • Oncwyð

    remugiet,

      Hpt. Gl. 513, 12.
  • Scyld scefte oncwyð,

      Fins. Th. 12; Fin. 7.
  • Ðæt him se weald oncwyð . . . wudu eallum oncwyð,

      Met. 13, 46-50 : Bt. 25; Fox 88, 20.
  • Oft oncwæð ýð óðerre,

      Andr. Kmbl. 884; An. 442.
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