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on-beran

  • verb [ strong ]
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on-beran, pp. -boren
Wright's OE grammar
§654;
To diminish, enfeeble, impair, destroy
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  • Onboren

    inminutus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 60.

  • Wæs ðam báncofan neáh geþrungen breósthord onboren wæs se blíða gǽst fús on forþweg

    disease pressed the body hard, the mind was enfeebled, the glad spirit was eager for departure,

      Exon. Th. 158, 29; Gú. 917.

  • Ðá wæs hord rásod onboren beága hord

    the hoard was explored, the treasure of rings rifled,

      Beo. Th. 4557; B. 2284.

  • Ǽghwylc gecwæþ ðæt him heardra nán hrínan wolde íren ǽrgód ðæt ðæs aglǽcan blódge beadufolme onberan wolde

    everyone agreed that no weapon would wound Grendel's claws, no sword would destroy (or harm) the monster's hand,

      Beo. Th. 1985; B. 990.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-beran.” 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/24451.

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