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on-ginnan

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add: to draw near to performing an instantaneous act 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. Mid þý hé geswiperum

on-gitan

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Add Ðá ðá hé ongeat ðá scylde on Annanian and Saffiran cum Ananiae et Sapphirae culpam reperit, Past. 115, 12. Ðæt mód ne mæg ongietan ðá tóweardan yfelo imminentia mala non prospicit, 431, 20. add: to be sensible of Ic ne ongyte náne trimðe ne on móde

on-gitenness

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Úrum ongytenessum þú behýdest þá ea nostros cognitionibus abscondis, Gr. D. 139, 16. Add

on-gratian

(v.)
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to grate with the teeth (?), smile (?) -Ongrynt oððe ongratað arridet, An. Ox. 33, 2. [v. N. E. D. grate.] See next word. (?)

Linked entry: gratian

on-gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gyrdan, to ungird a person,
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strip a person of a girdle or of what is girded on him Hé ongyrde hine his swurde discinxit se gladio suo, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 258, 23. Þá ongyrde óþer þegn þá fǽmnan, Shrn. 130, 29

on-hǽtan

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Add Þá mǽdenn onǽldon and onhǽtton þǽra geongrena mód tó forcyrrednesse heora synlustes puellae discipulorum mentes ad perversitatem libidinis inflammabant, Gr. D. 119, 14. Cf. in-hǽtan

on-hagian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Beód mé þæt þæt þú wylle, ic hyt ongynne, gyf mé onhagað impera quaevis dura, quae tamen in mea potestate sint, per quae me quo desidero perventurum esse non dubitem, Solil. H. 46, 5. Dó gehwá georne on Godes ést, be þám þe hine fyrmest

on-heáfdu

Similar entry: and-heáfdu

on-hebban

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Add: of revolt, to raise oneself against authority Hit gelamp þæt West-Wealas onhófon hí ongeán Ecgbriht cyng, Cht. Crw. 18, 2

on-hladan

(v.)
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to unload, discharge Discarruta solue carrum, i. ondhlath (printed -hlelth), Hpt. 33, 250, 6

Linked entry: and-hladan

on-hrægel

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Dele. The passage glossed is: In sabanis . . . bajulabantur aegroti. On glosses in

on-hrínan

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Add: with gen. or uncertain Is wén ðæt sió (fennege) hond ðá óðre besmíte gif hió hire anhrínð, Past. 77, 1. Gif his mon onhrinð mid buccan blóde, 271, 3. Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715. Ær ðú his onhriéne (-hríne

on-hróp

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Add Hé mid gemálicum bénum befealh þám hálgan were, ꝥ him wǽre álýfed út tó farenne. Se fæder wearð geswenced mid gedréfednysse his swíðlican onhrópes cum . . . importunis precibus lit relaxaretur immoneret, pater nimietatis cjtis taedio affectus, Gr

on-hyring

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Hí tó þǽre onhyringe his forhæfednysse hí underðeóddon, Hml. S. 23 b, 31. Ic syngede þurh onherunge peccaui per emulationem, Confess. Peccat. Add

on-hyscan

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Add Sé þe forsihð þearfan onhyscð (exprobrat) Scyppende his ( he that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, Prov. 14, 31), Scint. 178, 17. Onhyscan infamare, An. Ox. 17, 23

on-lǽtan

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on-léc

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Anlǽc (-léc) respectus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 175, 7. Add

on-lecgende

(adj.)
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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-lícan

Similar entry: ge-onlícan

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