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on-hréran

  • verb [ weak ]
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of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violently
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  • Ðonne hí (

    the waves

    ) wind onhréreþ,
      Ps. Th. 88, 3 : Met. 7, 27.

  • Ðonne micla ýsta onhréraþ hronmere,

      5, 10.

  • Fiscas ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas,

      Exon. Th. 194, 19; Az. 141.

  • Eorþan ðú onhrérdest

    commovisti terram,

      Ps. Th. 59, 2.

  • Onhrérdan,

      76, 15.

  • Ðonne hine mon drincan welle, onhrére eft,

      Lchdm. ii. 270, 13.

  • Ne mæg him se flǽschoma hond onhréran,

      Exon. Th. 311, 22; Seef. 96.

  • Eorþe biþ onhréred of hire stówe,

      Blickl. Homl. 91, 36.

  • Lyft wæs onhréred,

      Cd. Th. 208, 13; Exod. 482.

  • Grund is onhréred, deópe gedréfed,

      Andr. Kmbl. 786; An. 393.
metaph.
to move, disturb, agitate
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  • Ðone, ungeþyldegan swíðe lytel scúr ðære costunga mæg onhréran (-hrǽran,

      Hatt. MS.), Past. 33; Swt. 224, 5.

  • Ne mǽg hine ǽnig onhréran (

    non commovebitur

    ), ðe eardfæst byþ on
      Hierusalem, Ps. Th. 124, 1.

  • Eall heofena mægen biþ onwended and onhréred,

      Blickl. Homl. 91, 28.
of emotions,
to stir up, arouse, excite
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  • Mægen wæs onhréred,

      Cd. Th. 192, 4; Exod. 226.

  • Wæs merefixa mód enhréred,

      Beo. Th. 1103; B. 549.

  • Hete wæs onhréred,

      5101; B. 2554: Andr. Kmbl. 2606; An. 1304: 2788; An. 1396.
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v.  hréran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-hréran.” 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/24629.

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