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on-hátan

  • verb [ strong ]
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  • Hyre nales frætwe onhéht,

      Exon. Th. 249, 28; Jul. 118.
  • Ðæt ic deófolgieldum gaful onháte,

      251, 27; Jul. 151.
  • [Cf. O. H. Ger. ant-heizan vovere, spondere, polliceri: O. Sax. ant-hétan.]
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