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on-lúcan

  • verb [ strong ]
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§654;
literally, to unlock, open
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  • Ðæs ceasterhlides onlúcan . . . ða fæstan locu nǽnig óðer eft onlúceþ,

      Exon. Th. 20, 7-20.

  • Onlaec

    reserat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 2.

  • Suelce ic gesáwe sume duru onlocene,

      Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 6.
metaph.
to open, disclose, reveal
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  • Ðæt word ðære þreáunge is cǽg forðam hit oft onlýcþ (anlýcþ, Hatt. MS.) and geopenaþ ða scylde

    clavis est sermo correptionis; quia culpam detegit,

      Past. 15, 2; Swt. 90, 11.

  • Hié ne ongietaþ ná hú suíðe hié onlúcaþ hiera mód mid ðæm unþeáwe ofermétta

    quantum se vitiis superbiendo aperiat, non agnoscit,

      38, 1; Swt. 271, 22.

  • Módhord onleác and ðus wordum cwæþ,

      Andr. Kmbl. 344; An. 172.

  • Leóþucræft onleác,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2499; El. 1251.

  • Wordhord onleác,

      Beo. Th. 524; B. 259.

  • Engla helm tuddorspéd onleác (

    revoked the sentence of barrenness

    ),
      Cd. Th. 166, 24; Gen. 2752.

  • Hwylc ðæs hordgates, cǽgan cræfte, ða clamme onleác,

      Exon. Th. 429, 30; Rä. 43, 12.

  • Wærc in gewód líchord onleác

    pain hath invaded me, hath opened to itself a way within my body,

      163, 31; Gú. 1002: 170, 26; Gú. 1117.

  • Ðæt mon onlúce ða heardan heortan

    duritiam cordis aperire,

      Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 2.

  • Onlúcan gástes cǽgon,

      Cd. Th. 211, 6; Exod. 522.

  • Ic hæbbe lárcræftas onlocen,

      Salm. Kmbl. 5; Sal. 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-lúcan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/24671.

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