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on-hyscan

  • verb [ weak ]
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on-hyscan, p. te.
to mock, make a jest of
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  • Drihten onhnyscþ (? -hyscþ, MS. T.) hine

    Dominus irridebit eum,

      Ps. Spl. 36, 13.
  • Ic wénde ðæt hí mec onhyscte

    illudi me a senibus existimavi,

      Nar. 25, 22.
to reproach, abuse, speak ill of
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  • Ðonne men eów onhiscaþ (

    exprobaverint

    ),
      Lk. Skt. 6, 22.
  • Gebiddaþ for ða ðe eów onhyscaþ (-hisceaþ)

    pro calumniantibus vos,

      6, 28.
  • Ðæt man ða onhisce swýðe for worulde and hý unweorðige,

      Wulfst. 168, 6: 70, 12.
to detest
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  • Ic unrihta gehwylc onhyscte

    iniquitatem abominatus sum,

      Ps. Th. 118, 163.
  • Hí onhysctan ǽghwylcne mete

    omnem escam abominata est anima eorum,

      106, 17.
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v.  on-hiscan on-hnyscan.
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