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on-settan

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to impose, place one object on another; imponere, superponere
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  • Gif mon on níwne weall hefigne hrôf onsett

    structuris recentibus si tignorum pondus superponitur,

      Past. 383, 33.
  • Onsettað on (ofer, R. ) scyldrum

    imponit in umeros,

      Lk. L. 15, 5.
  • Ofer untrymigum honda onsettað (

    inponent

    ),
      Mk. L. R. 16, 18.
  • Onsette hond ofer ł on ðâ ilco,

      10, 16.
  • Onsett hond ofer hiá

    inpone manum super eum,

      Mt. L. 9, 18.
to oppress, impede
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  • Gemêtton wê ûs æ̂ghwanon gelîcne storm foran onsettende

    inuenimus nos undique-uersum pari tempestate praeclusos,

      Bd. 5, 1 ; Sch. 552, 10.
  • Cf. â-settan, of-settan.
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