on-bígness
Bending, curvature
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Bending, curvature Onbégnes curvatura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 25: 79, 2
Linked entry: on-bégness
on-birging
Tasting, taking (food)
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Tasting, taking (food) Wið áttres onbyrgingce, Lchdm. i. 136, 12
Linked entry: birging
on-birhtan
to illumine
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to illumine God hié onbyrhte mid andgite, Blickl. Homl. 105, 31
on-blǽstan
glosses inrumpere
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glosses inrumpere Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 49
Linked entry: blǽstan
on-bláwan
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
Inspiration
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Inspiration Seó onbláwnes ðære heofonlícan onfæþmnesse, Blickl. Homl. 7, 26
on-blótan
to offer, sacrifice
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to offer, sacrifice Abraham onbleót ðǽt lác Gode, Cd. Th. 177, 21; Gen. 2933
on-clipian
to invoke
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to invoke Enos ongan ǽrest onclypian invocare Drihtnes naman, Gen. 4, 26
on-cnáwness
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-bring
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
Rugged
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Rugged Anbrucolne preruptam, Germ. 402, 85
on-cennan
To bear (a child), bring forth
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To bear (a child), bring forth Mǽden sceal oncennan sunu, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 11. Sí oncenned nascatur, Kent. Gl. 984
on-bryce
An irruption, attack
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An irruption, attack Onrǽs, onbryce irruptionem, ingressionem, Hpt. Gl. 464, 66
on-dón
to undo, open
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Ðonne andydan hié ða duru, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 14. Siont ondóne aperientur, Kent. Gl, 232
Linked entry: un-dón
on-drǽdendlíc
To be feared, terrible
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To be feared, terrible Hé wǽs swíðe strang and swíðe ondrǽdendlíc he (William Rufus) was very severe, and very terrible, Chr. 1100; Erl. 235, 39. Gif ðes bealdwyrda biscop ácweald ne biþ, siððan ne biþ úre ege ondrǽdendlíc, Homl. Th. i. 420, 3. Ðises
on-drislíc
Linked entry: drys-líc
on-dwæscan
to extinguish
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to extinguish Se móna ðe byþ andwæsced oððe áteorod, Anglia viii. 316, 38
on-erian
to plough up
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to plough up Wé ma lufiaþ ðone æcer ðe ǽr wæs mid þornum áswógen and æfter ðæm ðe ða þornas beóþ áheáwene and se æker biþ onered bringþ gódne wæsðm plus terram diligimus, quae post spinas exarata fructus uberes producit, Past. 52, 9; Swt. 411, 18
on-foran
Before, afore ⬩ Before, in front
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prep. Before, afore Onforan winter, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 30. adv. Before, in front Beóþ onforan eágan. Ps. Th. 113, 13