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un-dón

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un-dón, p. -dyde; pp. -dón
To undo.
to undo that which is closed, to open
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  • Ðá heó ðone windel undyde

    aperiens fiscellam,

    • Ex. 2, 6.

  • Ðá undyde hira án his sacc

    aperto sacco,

    • Gen. 42, 27.

  • Hé undyde his múð,

    • Homl. Th. i. 548, 14.

  • Ðá undydon wé úre saccas

    aperuimus saccos nostros,

    • Gen. 43, 21.

  • Ðæt hé undó his eágan,

    • Anglia viii. 317, 5.
to undo that which is bound, to release,
literal
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  • Beón þreó niht ǽr man ða hand undó,

    • L. Ath. i. 23
      • ;
    • Th. i. 212, 4.
figurative, to release, absolve
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  • From allum úsig synnum undó

    ab omnibus nos peccatis absolve,

    • Rtl. 42, 3.

  • Ða ðe synna racentég gifæstnigaþ milsa ðínræ árfæstnisse undóe

    quos delictorum catena constringit miseratio tuae pietatis absolvat,

    • 40, 23.

  • Ðæs on .ix. nihton ðæt wed undó hé mid rihtan gylde

    nine days after let him release the pledge by lawful payment,

    • L. O. D. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 382, 9.
to undo that which closes, to open a door, etc.
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  • Undóð mé duru sóðfæstra

    aperite mihi portas justitiae,

    • Ps. Th. 117, 19: 23, 7.

  • Undónde

    reserando (valvam ),

    • Hpt. Gl. 473, 11.

  • Ðá wearþ eft Ianes duru undón (andón, Swt. 254, 17)

    apertus est Janus,

    • Ors. 6, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 116, 25.

  • Undónum remmingum

    apertis obstaculis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 489, 73.
to undo that which binds or fastens, to undo a bolt, a knot, etc.
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  • Godes engel undyde ða loco ðæs cwearternes,

    • Homl. Th. i. 572, 26.

  • Ic ne am wyrðe ðætte ic undóe (

    soluam

    ) his ðuong scóes,
    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 27.

  • Undón (undóa, Lind.) ł loesan þwongas

    soluere corrigiam,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 7.
to undo what has been done, to abrogate, destroy,
where the object is material
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  • Ic undóe tempel ðis

    ego dissoluam templum hoc,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 58.
where the object is not material
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  • Ðet hyra nán næ undó ðet ic tó ðám háligum mynstrum gedón hebbe,

    • Chart. Th. 232, 28.

  • Ne mæg undóa ða gewriota

    non potest solui scribtura,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 10, 35.

  • Nællas gié woenæ forðon is cuom tó undóenne ( solvere ) ae,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 17.

  • Ðætte ne sé undóen ae

    ut non soluatur lex,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 7, 23.
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v. on-dón.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-dón.” 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/32880.

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