on-sagu
- noun [ feminine ]
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Á biþ andsæc swíðere ðonne onsagu, i.e.
in a case where a charge is brought against a person, and it is met with a denial attested by the proper legal formalities, the case against him fails, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 17. [Cf. the somewhat similar principle which follows :-- Ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ ðonne ðam ðe æfter sprecþ. See also Grmm. R. A. 856.] Ðá cwæþ Eugenia ðæt heó eáþe mihte Melantian onsage oferdrífan (refute the charge ),
- Homl. Skt. i. 2, 206.
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Manega mid leásum onsagum geneálǽhton
multi falsi testes accessissent,
- Mt. Kmbl. 26, 60.
Bosworth, Joseph. “on-sagu.” 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/24716.
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