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on-rǽs

  • noun [ masculine ]
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on-rǽs, es; m.
On-rush, attack, assault, violent motion
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  • Onrǽs

    impetus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 12.
  • Flódes onrǽs

    fluminis impetus,

      Ps. Spl. 45, 4: Ps. Surt. ii. 189, 40.
  • Hyne þurhþýdde mid egeslícum onhrǽse,

      Homl. Skt. i. 3, 274.
  • Onrǽs

    irruptionem,

      Hpt. Gl. 464, 66.
  • Ðone onrǽs his hátheortnesse

    fervoris sui impetu,

      Past. 40, 5; Swt. 297, 20.
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v.  on-hrǽs.
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