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on-hebban

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
on-hebban, p. -hóf (the weak form -hefde also occurs); pp. -hafen.
to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice)
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  • Ðonne ic mec onhæbbe, and hí onhnígaþ tó mé,

      Exon. Th. 412, 28; Rä. 31. 7.

  • Ðá onhóf Laurentius his égan up,

      Shrn. 116, 4.

  • Petrus onhóf his stefne,

      Blickl. Homl. 149, 21.
to raise (as barm does),
to leaven
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  • Ne ete gé nán þing onhafenes. Ex. 12, 19.
to take up, begin (cf.
Icel. hefja to begin)
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  • Ic ðás unhýrlícan fers onhefde mid sange,

      Dóm. L. 2, 11.
to take away
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  • Óþ ðæt onhafen biþ (

    auferatur

    ) se móna,
      Ps. Spl. 71. 7.
metaph.
to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense)
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  • Ǽlc ðæra ðe hine onhefþ, hé sceal beón geeádmét. Homl. Th. i. 202, 33.
  • Ǽlc ðe hine anhefþ, hé biþ geneoþerad, and ǽlc ðe hine geneoþeraþ, hé biþ mid weorþmynte onhafen. . . . Ac hwæt gif ic mín mód on módignesse anhófe? R. Ben. 22, 11-19.

  • Ða de God ondrǽdaþ, and hý þurh heora gódan dǽda ne anhebbaþ,

      4, 2.

  • Héo éðelþrym onhóf, rýmde and rǽrde,

      Cd. Th. 98, 23; Gen. 1634.

  • Ic tǽhte ðám rícan, ðæt hí ne onhófon hí,

      Homl. Th. i. 378, 18.
  • Ne onhebbe hine nán man on his weorcum, ii. 80, 29. v. an-, á-hebban, -hefan, and next word.
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v.  an-hebban in-hebban.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-hebban.” 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/24609.

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