on-wrecan
to avenge
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to avenge Ðý læs on him gesewen sí ðás þing onwrecen beón ne in eis illa ulcisci videantur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 28
on-mirran
to hinder, obstruct, disturb
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to hinder, obstruct, disturb Ic bebeóde ðæt ðisne freódóm nǽnig mínra æfterfylgendra eft ne onwende, ne on nǽnigum dǽlum hyne ne onmyrdon, Chart. Th. 390, 31
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on-hohsnian
to abominate, detest
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to abominate, detest Ðæt onhohsnode (MS. on-hohsnod, the s has bees afterwards inserted between the h and n ) Hemninges mǽg, Beo. Th. 3892 ; B. 1944. (?)
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on-bregdan
To move quickly ⬩ To move (oneself) quickly, to start (from sleep)
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with dat. acc. (?), To move quickly Heáfde onbrygdeþ þriwa áscæceþ the Phenix thrice moves its head (bowing to the sun) (igniferum caput ter venerata), Exon. Th. 207, 18; Ph. 143. Onbrǽd recedes múþan raþe æfter ðon on flór treddode Grendel opened the
on-ásetedness
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A laying on, imposition Ðá ðá foryldað and forgýmeleásiað ꝥ hig nellað heora bearn tó þám fulwihte and tó þǽre onásetednysse þæs bisceopes bletsunga bringan, Nap. 85
on-fæstnian
to transfix, pierce
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to transfix, pierce Hig geseóþ on hwæne hig onfæstnodon videbunt in quem transfixerunt, Jn. Skt. 19, 37. Onfæstna ( confige ) ege ðínum flǽsc míne. Ps. Spl. 118, 120
on-stíran
to govern
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to govern Rícsiendum on écnysse and onstýrendum his cyricean ðam ilcan Drihtne regnante in perpetuum et gubernante suam ecclesiam eodem Domino, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 4
on-sand
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Insende on him . . . ǽbylgðe and eorre and geswinc, onsonda þurh engla yfle inmisit in eis indignationem et iram et tribulationem, inmissiones per angelos malos, Ps. Vos. 77, 49. Add
on-mang
Among
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Among Onmang folce, Lev. 24, 10: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 92. Onmang óðrum mannum, 23, 478. Onmang ðam ðe hí on wópe wǽron whilst they were weeping, 23, 246
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on-beran
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Add:(?) : to be situated (?), lie(?) Seó stów onbyrð (-bireð, v. l.) on feówertigum míla of þissere Rómániscan byrig locus ab Romana urbe quadraginta fere millibus distans, Gr. D. 98, 14
on-wǽre
unripe
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unripe Genim onwǽre sláh ðæt seáw, and wring þurh cláþ on ðæt eáge, sóna gǽþ of ( the white spot will go off ) gif sió sláh biþ gréne, Lchdm. ii. 32, 18. (?)
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on-lísan
to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds) ⬩ to release, deliver, liberate
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to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds) Ðæt bearn benda onlýseþ, Exon. Th. 5, 12; Cri. 68. Hé ða tungan onlýsde, Blickl. Homl. 167, 10. Hire bendas wǽron onlýsede, 89, 25. Onlýsde, 87, 36. to release, deliver, liberate Mín líf of ðære écean forwyrde
on-hnígan
To bend down, bow, press down ⬩ To bend down, bow
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Grammar on-hnígan, trans. To bend down, bow, press down Onhnígaþ incumbunt, Wülck. Gl. 255, 11. Onhnígendre grassante, Hpt. Gl. 421, 19. Biþ wuhta gehwilc onhnigen tó hrúsan. Met. 31, 13. Onhnigenum heáfde simle his gesyhþa ádúna on eorþan besette, R
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on-warian
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to take heed, beware Is ús tó behealdanne, þæt wé onwarigan þæt þǽra yfela and þǽra unríhta ne sý tó feala, Verc. Först. 105, 4. Is mycel þearf ǽghwylcum men tó onwariganne þæt hé þis symle hæbbe on gemyndum, 109, 10
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on-tendan
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add: to set on fire so as to consume Hê ealle ofslôh mid swurdes ecge and ontende þâ burh, Hml. S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the
on-hupian
to draw back, recoil
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to draw back, recoil Ðonne ðæt mód ongit hine selfne on swelcne spild forlǽd ðonne wiðtremþ hé and onhupaþ and ondrǽt him ðæt ðæt hé ǽr lufode dum mens sese in praecipitium pervenisse deprehendit, gressum post terga revocet, pertimescens quae amaverat
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on-bæcling
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Add: of motion, of retreat Gong on bæclinc ł bihionda mec uade retro me, Mk. R. 8, 33. Monige ðegnas his fromfoerdun onbæcling (-bæcc-, L. ), Jn. R. 6, 66. of reversing one's direction Ymbcerred wæs onbæclinc (-bægcling. L.) conuersa est retrorsum,
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-bídan
to abide, wait, remain ⬩ to wait for, expect, ⬩ to wait on, attend upon
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to abide, wait, remain Onbád óþ ðæt ǽfen cwom, Beo. Th. 4594; B. 2302. Hé onbád ðæt feówertig wintra hweðer hié gecyrran woldan he waited the forty years to see whether they would change, Blickl. Homl. 79, 4. Onbíd her seofon and twentig nihta, 231,
on-clifiende
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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,