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Add: — Ic mîne sâwle sette mid môde, swâ eorðan bið ansŷn wæteres I made my soul feel as want of water is for the ground; anima mea sicut terra sine aqua tibi, Ps. Th. 142, 6

or-treówness

(n.)
Grammar
or-treówness, e; f.

Want of faith or confidence, mistrust

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Want of faith or confidence, mistrust Ortreownes diffidentia, desperantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 18. Hé æteówde ða wunda ðǽm ungeleáflullum mannum, forðon ðe hé nolde ðæt ǽnig ortrýwnes wǽre embe his ǽriste, Blickl. Homl. 91, 3

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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

oft-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
oft-rǽde, adj.

frequentready at many times

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frequent Hæglas and snáwas and se oftrǽda rén leccaþ ða eorþan on wintra, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 16. ready at many times Gafolswán sceal beón swá ic ǽr be beócere cwæþ (cf. 1. 3, beóceorl sceal hwíltidum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan

on-bítan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bítan, p. -bát; pp. -biten (with gen.)

To taste of, partake of

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To taste of, partake of Se ðæs wæstmes onbát, Cd. Th. 30, 21; Gen. 470: 42, 22; Gen. 677. Gif wulf ǽniges cynnes orf tóslíte, and hit forðon deád beo, ne onbíte gustet his nán Cristen man, L. Ecg. P. iv. 29; Th. ii. 212, 26. Anbíte, iv. 28; Th. ii. 212

on-hyscan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hyscan, p. te.

to mock, make a jest ofto reproach, abuse, speak ill ofto detest

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to mock, make a jest of Drihten onhnyscþ (? -hyscþ, MS. T.) hine Dominus irridebit eum, Ps. Spl. 36, 13. Ic wénde ðæt hí mec onhyscte illudi me a senibus existimavi, Nar. 25, 22. to reproach, abuse, speak ill of Ðonne men eów onhiscaþ ( exprobaverint

on-willan

(v.)

to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent

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to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr ealdfeónda níþ onwylleð then again as before hot waxed the hate of former foes, Exon. Th. 125, 30; Gú. 362

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or-wíge

(adj.)
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or-wíge, adj.
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defenceless, without power of fighting Orwíge inbellem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 69: 111, 81. Ofsleán mé míne fýnd orwígne decidam merito ab inimicis meis inanis, Ps. Th. 7, 4. Saga hú ðú wurde ðus wígþríst ðæt ðú mec ðus fæste gebunde ǽghwæs orwígne ( without

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on-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
on-líhtan, -leóhtan.

of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine,to give sight to, make the sight clearto clear the mental vision, to enlightento give light (with dat.)To shine

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of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, literally Mycel leóht onleóhte ðæt carcern, St. And. 4, 4. Óþ ðæt ðære sunnan leóman hine ( the moon ) eft onlíhton, Lchdm. iii. 240, 27. Onleóhtende inluminans, Hymn. Surt. 15, 22. Ealle

on-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.

To change, reverseTo change, turn, revert

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trans. To change, reverse Metod onhweorfeþ heortan ðíne ( of Nebuchadnezzar's transformation ), Cd. Th. 251, 27; Dan. 570. Hé cwide ( the curse pronounced against Adam ) eft onhwearf, Exon. Th. 39, 7; Cri. 618. Eft is ðæt onhworfen, is nú swá hit nó

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on-hréran

(v.)

of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violentlyto move, disturb, agitateof emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite

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of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violently Ðonne hí ( the waves ) wind onhréreþ, Ps. Th. 88, 3 ; Met. 7, 27. Ðonne micla ýsta onhréraþ hronmere, 5, 10. Fiscas ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas, Exon. Th. 194, 19; Az. 141. Eorþan ðú onhrérdest commovisti

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on-sígan

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Add: of forces approaching to attack, to come down on Wê oferswîðdon þone onsîgendan here, Hml. S. 11, 71 : 31, 550 : 555: O. E. Hml. i. 303, 3. of evil that falls upon one For nâhte bið geteald ânes geáres lust ðæ̂r ðæ̂r se swearta deáð onsîgende bið

on-drysnlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drysnlíc, -drysenlíc; adj.

Terrible

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Terrible Mé ætýwde ondrysnlíco gesihþ visio mihi tremenda apparuit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 36. Ondrysenlíc terribilis, 2, 16; S. 519, 35. Ðá ætýwde hire micel mon and ondrysnlíc, Shrn. 106, 9. Hé wæs of líchoman álǽded, and hé geseah má ondrysnlíces and

on-sígan

(v.)

of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descendof violent movement

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of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend Ðonne se dæg gewít, and seó niht onsíhþ tó wérium mankynne, Anglia viii. 320, 2. Simbel onsáh dæg sollempnis urgebat (vergebat?) dies, Hymn. Surt. 96, 1. Ðeáh seó sunne ofer midne dæg onsíge and

on-clifiende

(adj.)
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Add: <b>on-clifian</b> translates inhaerere Álýs [mé] of fenne ꝥ ná ic onclyfie (inheream), Ps. Rdr. 68, 15. Hí him mid heora móde oncleofiað and onclifigende . . . ongytað mente ei inhaerent, atque inhaerendo . . . agnoscunt, Gr. D. 138,

on-efn

(prep.; adv.)
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Add: prep. Onefen ðone greátan æsc, C. D. ii. 172, 23. adv. Ðeáh ðe seofon middangeardas sýn ealle onefn ábrǽdde though seven worlds be spread alongside one another, Sal. K. p. 150, 29. Circumflexus accentus byð of þám óðrum twám geworht, swá wé hér

on-feall

(n.)

a swelling, fellon

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a swelling, fellon Wið onfealle, gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on. Lchdm. ii. 104, 12. Drenc wið onfealle, 102, 27: 104, 1, 3, 4, 6. Lǽcedomas wið ǽlces cynnes ómum ond onfeallum and báncoþum, 98, 21:

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on-médan

(v.)

(?) to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan)

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(?) to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan) Ondsware ýwe se hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him give answer, who will take upon himself to say in words, what the name of that wood is, Exon

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on-swífan

(v.)

to swing, turnto turn aside, divert

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to swing, turn Bordrand onswáf wið ðam gryregieste Geáta dryhten Beowulf turned his shield against the approaching fire-drake, Beo. Th. 5112; B. 2559. to turn aside, divert Ne mæg mon ǽfre ðý éð ǽnne his cræftes beniman, ðe mon oncerran mæg sunnan onswífan

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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to take Calic hǽlu ic onfóu, Ps. Surt. 115, 13. Hé mycelne dǽl ðæs landes on anweald onféng, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 12. Mód Bryttas onféngon they took courage, 1, 16; S. 484, 19. Se Ælmihtiga onféng ðæt hiw úre tyddran gecynde. Geþencean wé, gif óðer nýten

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