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§259; §498;
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to draw near to performing an instantaneous act
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  • His sunu ongan sweltan his son drew near to death, Shrn. 122, 8. ¶ with almost the sense of the auxiliary do. Cf. later

    gan

    with infinitive :-- Ongan ic steppan forð,
      Sat. 248.
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  • Mid þý hé geswiperum múðe lícetende ǽrende wrehte and leáslíce ongann

    cum simulatam legationem ore astuto uolueret,

      Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 147, 2.
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  • Ðá ðe nabbað wísdóm tó ðon ðæt hié cunnen lǽran, and hí ðeáh forhradiað ðæt hié hit ongiennað,

      Past. 383, 22.

  • Nát ic hwæðer máre wundor wæs, þe þæt hé swá mid lytle fultume þone mǽstan dǽl þisses middangeardes gegán mehte, þe ꝥ hé mid swá lytle weorode swá micel anginnan dorste

    (adgredi ausus fuerit),

      Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 16.
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  • Þænne hé óþres limes þénunge gegrípan ongynne

    dum alterius membri officium temptat,

      Scint. 133, 2.
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  • Gelíce ðǽm monnum ðe swíðe eáðmódlíce onginnað (

    use great endeavour to appear humble;

    magna submissione blandiuntur) beforon rícum monnum,
      Past. 421, 26.

  • Ongin nú wel, Rufe, and behát mé mid áðe

    take the right course now, Rufus, and promise me on oath,

      Hml. S. 22, 104.

  • Ongin nú stranglíce, and þín gemynd stent on herunge,

      29, 272.

  • Onginnað nú þegenlíce, . . . and syllað eówer ágen líf for ðǽre sóðfæstan ǽ,

      25, 248.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-ginnan.” 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/56540.

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