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on-sígan

  • verb [ strong ]
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of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend
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  • Ðonne se dæg gewít, and seó niht onsíhþ tó wérium mankynne, Anglia viii. 320, 2.

  • Simbel onsáh dæg

    sollempnis urgebat (vergebat?) dies,

      Hymn. Surt. 96, 1.

  • Ðeáh seó sunne ofer midne dæg onsíge and lúte tó ðære eorþan,

      Bt. 25; Fox 88, 25.

  • Wǽre onsigen

    vergeretur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 27.

  • Onsígendum (

    vergente

    ) ǽfene,
      Hymn. Surt. 34, 28.

  • Fornumen mid onsígendre ylde

    with declining years,

    Basil admn.
      8; Norm. 50, 20.
of violent movement
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  • Gif hí oncneówon ða geniðerunge ðe him onsíhþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 408, 8.

  • Swearte gástas mid micclum þreáte him onsigon, ðæt hí his sáwle gegripon,

      414, 10.

  • Hé bodode ðæt him wæs Godes grama onsígende,

      246, 17.

  • Mé wæs onsígende se stranga wynd,

      St. And. 28, 13.

  • Onsígendum

    ingruenti,

      Hpt. Gl. 503, 32.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-sígan.” 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/24742.

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