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on-áscunung

(n.)
Grammar
on-áscunung, e; f.

Abomination, detestation

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Abomination, detestation Fram onáscununga abominationem, Ps. Spl. 87, 8

Linked entry: á-scunung

on-ásendedness

(n.)

glosses immisio

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glosses immisio, Ps. Lamb. 77, 49

Linked entry: á-sendedness

on-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
on-bæc, adv.

A-back, backward, behind

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A-back, backward, behind Gang ðú sceocca onbæc, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 10. Ná gewát onbæc heorte úre non recessit retro cor nostrum, Ps. Spl. 43, 21

on-bæcling

(adv.)
Grammar
on-bæcling, adv.

Back, backward, behindretrorsum

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Back, backward, behind; retrorsum Gán onbæcling to go back, retire, Blickl. Homl. 27, 20: 31, 12: Ps. Th. 43, 19. Cer ðé onbæcling get thee behind, Cd. Th. 308, 26; Sat. 698. Forhwí gengdest ðú onbæcling quare conversus es retrorsum? Ps. Th. 113, 5.

Linked entry: on-hinderling

on-bærnness

(n.)
Grammar
on-bærnness, e; f.

Incense

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Incense Mid onbærnysse ramma cum incenso arietum, Ps. Spl. 65, 14

on-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
on-beódan, p. -beád; pl. -budon; pp. -boden.

to bid, orderto announce, tell, proclaim, send word

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to bid, order Ðú onbude hǽlu qui mandas salutem, Ps. Surt. 43, 5: 118, 138. Hé onbeád ipse mandavit, 148, 5. Ðá onbeád Basilla and cwæþ, Shrn. 86, 17. Ðá onbeád heó him ðæt hé hire tó onsænde all ða gesiðwíf, 87, 20. Hé onbeád ðæt hé of Róme cóme, Bd

Linked entry: in-beódan

on-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bígan, p. de

To cause to bend, to subdue

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To cause to bend, to subdue Heó míne sáwle onbígdon incurvaverunt animam meam, Ps. Th. 56, 7. Heora módes heánesse ealle eorþcyningas onbégan mihton their loftiness of soul could make all the kings of the earth to bend, Blickl. Homl. 119, 21

Linked entry: on-býgan

on-bígness

(n.)
Grammar
on-bígness, e; f.

Bending, curvature

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Bending, curvature Onbégnes curvatura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 25: 79, 2

Linked entry: on-bégness

on-birging

(n.)
Grammar
on-birging, e; f.

Tasting, taking (food)

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Tasting, taking (food) Wið áttres onbyrgingce, Lchdm. i. 136, 12

Linked entry: birging

on-birhtan

(v.)

to illumine

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to illumine God hié onbyrhte mid andgite, Blickl. Homl. 105, 31

on-blǽstan

(v.)

glosses inrumpere

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glosses inrumpere Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 49

Linked entry: blǽstan

on-blandan

(v.)

to intermingle, to infect (with moral evil)

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to intermingle, to infect (with moral evil) Hé lungre áhóf wóðe wiðerhýdg weán onblonden he raised at once his voice, hostile and harmful (cf. the use of geblanden in similar phrases) Andr. Kmbl. 1350; An. 675

on-bláwan

(v.)

to breathe into, inspire, inflate

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to breathe into, inspire, inflate Onblǽwþ litrat (?) Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 60. Onblá[wende] inspirans, inflans, Hpt. Gl. 442, 29. Mid elreordre dysignesse onbláwne barbara inflati stultitia, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 13

on-bláwness

(n.)
Grammar
on-bláwness, e; f.

Inspiration

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Inspiration Seó onbláwnes ðære heofonlícan onfæþmnesse, Blickl. Homl. 7, 26

on-blótan

(v.)

to offer, sacrifice

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to offer, sacrifice Abraham onbleót ðǽt lác Gode, Cd. Th. 177, 21; Gen. 2933

on-clipian

(v.)

to invoke

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to invoke Enos ongan ǽrest onclypian invocare Drihtnes naman, Gen. 4, 26

on-cnáwness

(n.)
Grammar
on-cnáwness, e; f.

Knowledge, conception

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Knowledge, conception Hé hiene bedǽlþ ðære oncnáwnesse ðæs uplecan leóhtes a luce se supernae cognitionis excludit, Past. 11, 4; Swt. 69, 24

on-cnyssan

(v.)

to cast down

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to cast down Ðú mé yfela feala oft oncnyssedest thou didst strike me down with many evils, Ps. Th. 70, 19. Oncnyssyde depulsae, Ps. Spl. C. 61, 3

on-bring

(n.)
Grammar
on-bring, es; m.

Instigation

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Instigation Se man ðe hine sylfne ofslihþ mid wǽpne oððe mid (for, MS. X.) hwylcum mislícum deófles onbringe instigatione L. Ecg. P. ii. 5; Th. ii. 184, 5

on-brucol

(adj.)
Grammar
on-brucol, adj.

Rugged

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Rugged Anbrucolne preruptam, Germ. 402, 85