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on-tendness

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Add: burning. Cf. on-tendan ;
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  • Wê nû byrnað æ̂r ðan ðe se tîma côme úre ontendnysse,

      Hml. Th. ii. 414, 35.
  • Læ̂t hine on ûrum anwealde, þæt wê magon ðînne teónan wrecan and ûre ontendnysse,

      416, 20.
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  • Hê oferswŷðde þâ synne, for þâm þe hê swâ onwende þâ ontendnysse (þâ hæ̂te and þone synlust, v. l.) vicit peccatum, quia mutavit incendium,

      Gr. D. 101, 28.
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[v. N. E. D. ontend.]
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