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on-sagu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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on-sagu, e; f.
A charge brought against a person, accusation
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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.
  • Manega mid leásum onsagum geneálǽhton

    multi falsi testes accessissent,

      Mt. Kmbl. 26, 60.
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