on-sundrian
to separate, take apart
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to separate, take apart Nǽnig heora, of ðám ðe hí áhton, ówiht his beón onsundrad cwæþ none of them said that anything they owned was his separate property, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 15 note
on-þeón
to prosper ⬩ to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable
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to prosper Se wæs wreccena wíde mǽrost ofer werþeóde wígendra hleó ellendǽdum; hé ðæs ǽr onþáh ( so at first he prospered ), Beo. Th. 1805; B. 900. to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable Gamele ne móston hilde onþeón the aged might not
on-þenian
to extend, stretch, bend ( a bow)
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to extend, stretch, bend ( a bow) Hí onþeneden ( intenderunt ) boga, Ps. Spl. T. 63, 3
on-þringan
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Beofode ðæt eálond foldweng onþrong [onsprong the earth cracked with the shaking (?)], Exon. Th. 181, 28; Gú. 1300. (?)
on-swebban
to put to sleep (but generally of the sleep of death), lay to rest ( in the grave)
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to put to sleep (but generally of the sleep of death), lay to rest ( in the grave) Onsuebbaþ sepeliant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 44. Onsuebdum sopitis, 120, 73
on-wecnian
Similar entry: on-wæcnian
on-timbran
to instruct, edify
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to instruct, edify Hé monig þúsendo heora mid sóðfæstnesse worde wæs ontimbrende ( instituens ), Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 23. Æþellíce ontimbred and gelǽred nobiliter instructus, 5, 23; S. 646, 19: 5, 19; S. 637, 36:, 5, 22; S. 644, 18. Hé wolde mid his láre
Linked entry: on-timberness
on-tyndness
Similar entry: on-tendness
on-tyhtan
to incite, instigate, impel
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to incite, instigate, impel Wæs ðæt gifeðe tó swíð ðe ðone ðyder ontyhte, Beo. Th. 6164; B. 3086
on-winnende
assailing, attacking
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assailing, attacking Se onwinnenda here the attacking army, Homl. Th. ii. 432, 4. Míne geféran mé betǽhton ðám onwinnendum feóndum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 351
on-wlát
form, appearance
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form, appearance Anwláten (-es?) formae, Hpt. Gl. 523, 61. (?)
Linked entry: -wlát
on-wille
Desired
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Desired 'Ac gé hine gesundne ásettaþ ðǽr gé hine sylfne genóman' ... Ongon ðá leófne síð dragan Dryhtnes cempa tó ðam onwillan eorþan dǽle to the hermitage to which he (Guthlac) desired to go, and from which the fiends had removed him, Exon. Th. 145,
on-ýðan
to pour in
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to pour in Tunge witan swylce lagoflód onýðaþ lingua sapientis quasi diluvium inabundabit, Scint. 65
on-middan
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Add: ¶ where the governed noun comes between on and middan Þá wæs þǽr án mycel burh on heora wege middan, Hml. S. 25, 440. Hé wearð forbærned on þám bæþe middan, Hml. A. 60, 209
on-gewrigenness
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A revelation On þæs hálgan gewrites gesprecum ge eác on óðrum deóglum ongewrigenyssum (revelationibus), Gr. D. 139, 1
Linked entry: ge-wrigenness
on-fangenness
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Ús is on ðám micel wærlicnys getácnad on ðǽre onfangennysse úres Drihtnes líchaman, þæt is þæs hálgan húsles, Hml. A. 163, 264. Add