on-lícness
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Add: likeness, that to which a thing may be compared Is leornod on bócum þæt on þysse worulde sýn fíf onlícnessa be hellegryre. Sió ǽreste onlícnes is nemned wræc, Verc. Först. 106, 11. (2 ) (in the) likeness of something :-- Girice on scræfes onlícnesse
on-settan
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Add: to impose, place one object on another; imponere, superponere 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
on-cnáwung
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Knowledge On oncnáwincge Godes in cognitione Dei, Scint. 15, 17
on-lecgende
on-lying
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on-lying Wyrc him onlecgende sealfe, Lchdm. ii. 200, 8
on-grislíc
Horrible, dreadful
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Horrible, dreadful Ða becwom sum ongrislíc wíse (horrenda res) on hié, Nar. 10, 32. Ðæt ongris. íce gemót the last day, Wulfst. 186, 15. Angryslíc, Dóm. L. 14, 225. Ongrislíces andwlitan horrido vultu . . . ongrislícre ansíne horrendae visionis, Bd.
on-lǽtan
to release, relax ⬩ to let a thing go on, to continue
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to release, relax Ðonne forstes bend Fæder onlǽteþ, Beo. Th. 3223; B. 1609. Ðonne him sigera weard his gewealdleðer wille onlǽtan, Met. 11, 28, 75. to let a thing go on, to continue Tó anlǽtenne continuanda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 19. Fæstan twegen dagas
Linked entry: an-lǽtan
on-stellan
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Hê onstalde on ðæ̂m bisene ðæ̂m reccerum exemplum rectoribus praebens, Past. 102, 6. Forlæ̂tan wê . . . ealle þâ þeáwas þe dióflu on him sylfum onstealdon, Verc. Först. 94, 4. Hire nome . . . þe me ærst hire onstalde, Laym. 7132. Cf. Ger. an-stellen.
on-ǽht
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Perhaps on ǽhte should be read in the passage given here
on-líc
Like, similar
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Like, similar Heáp synnigra híge onlíc, Ps. Th. 91, 6. Gelamp óðer wundor ðissum onlíc, Blickl. Homl. 219, 7: 223, 14. Eal hé ǽr on onlíc weorc áteáh, 215, 5. Manigfeald onlíc wundor ðysum ðǽr wǽrom æteówed, 209, 14. Monige sindon mé suíðe onlíce on
on-lecgende
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For 'on-lying' substitute 'that is to be laid on, that is to be applied to a wound', and add: — Wiþ sweórcoþe, wyrc onlecgende sealfe, Genim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ealra emfela, wyrc tó sealfe, smire mid, Lch. ii. 48, 5
on-hrægel
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Dele. The passage glossed is: In sabanis . . . bajulabantur aegroti. On glosses in
on-stæppan
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Take here <b>on-steppan</b> in Dict
on-sǽtness
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Ambush, artifice, plot. Take here Rtl. 121, 40 under on-setness; in Dict
Linked entry: -sǽtness
on-wacian
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to watch over Þá þe manggungum onwaciaþ [on waciaþ ? inuigilant ], Chrd. 110, 29
on-þryccan
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to impress Þá his swaða ðe þǽr onþricced (on þricced?) sendon, Shrn. 81, 4
on-gryrelíc
Horrible
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Horrible Hí hine lǽddon on ðám ongryrlícan (-gryslícan ?) fiðerum, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 36, 24
on-becyme
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Approach, access Sumum geþances onbecyme quodam mentis excessu (accessu ? ), Scint. 211, 8. v. becuman(on)
Linked entry: be-cyme
on-rǽsend
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One who assaults Fram onrǽsendum on mé ab insurgentibus in me, Ps. L. 17, 49
Linked entry: -rǽsend
on-bring
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Ealle þá yfelan geþanc þe þé on heortan becumaþ þurh deófles onbrincg, Angl. xii. 513, 24. Add