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on-hagian

  • verb [ weak ]
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on-hagian, p. ode; v. impers. with dat. or acc. of pers.
To be within a person's power or means, to be in accordance with a person's will or convenience
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  • Eádig byþ se ðe ðam þearfan gefultumaþ, gif hine tó onhagaþ ( if it be in his power ); gif hine ne onhagaþ, ðonne ne lícaþ him his earfoþu,

    • Ps. Th. 40, 1
      • .

  • Mé ne onhagaþ nú ða bóc ealle tó asmæáganne,

    • Shrn. 200, 22
      • .

  • Ðonne hit (the mind) onhagaþ tó ðǽm úteran

    si facultas exterior suppetat,

    • Past. 53, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 17, 13
      • .

  • Ne anhagode heora cyninge ðæt hé wið hió mehte búton fæstenne gefeohtan.

    • Ors. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 168, 21
      • .

  • Hié hergodon ǽghwǽr be ðam sǽ ðǽr hié onhagode (

    wherever it suited them

    ),
    • Chr. 918
      • ;
    • Erl. 102, 25
      • .

  • Ðá seó fyrd gesomnod wæs ðá ne onhagode heom ðártó búton ðæt wǽre ðæt se cyng ðǽr mid wǽre

    they would not be satisfied unless the king were there too,

    • 1016
      • ;
    • Erl. 153. 27
      • .

  • Ðæra hálgena þrowunga ðe mé tó onhagode on Englisc tó áwendene

    that I have had the opportunity of translating into English,

    • Homl. Skt. i. pref. 37
      • .

  • Gelǽste binnan twelf mónþum búton hire ǽr tó onhagige

    unless it be convenient to pay earlier,

    • L. C. S. 74
      • ;
    • Th. i. 416, 17
      • .

  • Gif hine tó swá mycelum ne onhagige

    si tantum facultatis ei non suppetat,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 60
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 222, 3
      • .

  • Gif hine onhagige (si facultatem habeat), gefreóge ǽnne man,

    • ii. 24
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 192, 12
      • ;
    • L. Pen. 14
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 282, 9-12
      • ;
    • Homl. Th. i. 180, 12
      • .

  • Ðone dǽl ðe him to onhagige,

    • 398, 17
      • .

  • Gif ðé onhagige, ðæt ðú hit ( the law ) healdan mǽge, far ðú in; gif ðé ne onhagige, far ðé freoh ðider ðú wille,

    • R. Ben. 97, 23
      • .

  • Ða hýrsumnesse beginne ðeáh hine hwón onhagige

    though he have little power (or inclination

    ),
    • 128, 19
      • .

  • Gif mon tó gódum weorcum ne onhagie habban gódne willan

    if people have not the means for good works, let them have good will,

    • Bt. 41, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 246, 10
      • .
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v.  an-hagian ge-hagian hagian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-hagian.” 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/24605.

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