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of forces approaching to attack,
to come down on
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  • Wê oferswîðdon þone onsîgendan here,

      Hml. S. 11, 71 : 31, 550 : 555: O. E. Hml. i. 303, 3.
of evil that falls upon one
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  • For nâhte bið geteald ânes geáres lust ðæ̂r ðæ̂r se swearta deáð onsîgende bið,

      Hml. Th. ii. 146, 16.

  • Gregorius þæt Rômânisce folc for ðâm onsîgendum cwealme tô behreówsunge tihte,

      124, 2.

  • Uton standan mid gemâglicum wôpum ongeán ðâm onsîgendum swurde swâ miccles dômes,

      126, 1.
where defect is chargeable to wrong action
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  • Wite se abbod gylte(s) hyrdes onsîgan swâ hwæt on sceápum se hîredes ealdor nytwyrð-nesse hwônlîcor swâ mæg gemêtan

    sciat abbas culpe pastoris incumbere quicquid in ovibus paterfamilias utilitatis minus potuerit invenire,

      R. Ben. I. 12, 5.
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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/56639.

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