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on-cunnan

  • verb
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on-cunnan, p. -cúðe; pp. -cunnen
To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge
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  • Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde

    occasionem contra se im- patientiae enquirit,

      Past. 44, 4; Swt. 325, 16.
  • Ic him mín wedd beád, ðæt ic hyra nǽfre nǽnne ne oncúðe, for ðon ðe hý on riht sprǽcon,

      Chart. Th. 486, 21.
  • Mé míne ágen word sócon swýðe oncúðan

    verba mea excrabantur,

      Ps. Th. 55, 5.
  • Ðonne oncúðon (

    impugnabant

    ) hié mé bútan scylde,
      Past. 46, 7; Swt. 355, 15.
  • Hié sylfe be ðdon oncúðon, ðæt hié swá ne dydon,

      Blickl. Homl. 215, 12.
  • Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne,

      L. Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 5.
  • Ðý læs ðec Meotud oncunne, ðæt ðú sý wommes gewita,

      Exon. Th. 301, 13; Fä. 18.
  • Ðæt ús God ne þurfa oncunnan for ðæræ waniungæ

    nec nobis Deus debeat imputare hanc imminutionem,

      Chart. Th. 163, 25.
  • Oncunnen

    notatus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 81.
  • Hé wæs oncunnen (

    accusatus

    ) fram ðam ylcan cyninge,
      Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 9.
  • Tó oncunnyne oncunnysse

    as excusandas excusationes,

      Ps. Spl. M. C. 140, 4. v. next word.
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v.  on-cunness á-cunnan.
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