on-swífan
to swing, turn ⬩ to 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-þyncan
to seem, appear
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to seem, appear Ðý læs ðæt eów seó sægen monigfealdlícor biþ onþúhte tó wrítanne ne sim scribendi multiplex, Nar. 3, 29
on-tígan
to untie, set free
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to untie, set free Seó sáwl færþ swíðe freólíce tó heofonum siððan heó ontíged biþ and of ðam carcerne ðæs líchoman onliésed biþ, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 14
on-timberness
Instruction
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Instruction Tó ontimbernesse ðæra æfterfyligendra ad instructionem sequentium, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 16
on-þræc
Horrible, dreadful
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Horrible, dreadful Iulianus mid anþræcum hreáme forswealt, Homl. Th. i. 452, 16. Mid unásecgendlícum wítum áfyllede and mid anþræcum stencum, 68, 6. Ðá cwæþ ðæt wíf betwux ðám anþræcum wítum, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 191
on-þunian
to swell out, exceed due bounds
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to swell out, exceed due bounds Ic eom ufor ealra gesceafta ðara ðe worhte Waldend úser; se mec ána mæg geþeón þrymme, ðæt ic onrinnan (onþunian is suggested by Grein ) ne sceal, Exon. Th. 427, 15; Rä. 41, 91. (?)
on-talu
A successful claim, a charge that is established
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A successful claim, a charge that is established
on-þanc
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Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 40
on-swætende
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Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 31
on-týnan
to open ⬩ of places or things, ⬩ to make an opening in ⬩ to open, allow to burst forth ⬩ to open so as to admit of ingress or egress ⬩ to open (a door) ⬩ to open the mouth, lips, to speak ⬩ to open the eyes (one's own), to look, (another's), to give sight to ⬩ to open the ears, to listen to a person ⬩ to disclose, reveal, display
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to open. of places or things, to make an opening in Seó eorþe hié ontýnde and hió forswealh ðæt wæter, Blickl. Homl. 247, 15. to open, allow to burst forth Hé ús ontýneþ heofenes þeótan, 39, 31. to open so as to admit of ingress or egress Him se áwyrgda
on-týnan
to cover
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to cover Ða stówe wæs ontýnende ea loca operiens ( ea loca operiens did the translator read aperiens?), Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 12. (?)
on-uppan
upon, on ⬩ besides, over and above
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with dat. adv. upon, on Se Hǽlend rád onuppan ðam assan, Jn. Skt. 12, 14. Stód ǽren ceác onuppan twelf ǽrenum oxum, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 2. Hé wearþ bebyrged, and him læg onuppan fela byrðena eorþan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 56: 14, 114. Hé sæt ðǽr onuppan,
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on-wacan
to awake, cease to sleep ⬩ to arise, spring, be derived, be born
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to awake, cease to sleep Sóna ðæs ðe heó onwóc ubi vigilavit, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 11: 4, 31; S. 610, 37. Ðá of slǽpe onwóc, swefn wæs æt ende, eorþlíc æðeling, Cd. Th. 249, 2; Dan. 524. Se wyrm onwóc, Beo. Th. 4563; B. 2287. Ða men onwócan, and út urnon
on-tíned
well-supplied
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well-supplied Gif .vii. dæge sunne scíneþ, mycele wæstmas on treówum beóþ ... Gif ðí .x. dæge sunne scýneþ, ðonne byþ sé and ealle æá mid fixum ontíned, Lchdm. iii. 166, 13
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on-tydran
to nourish, support
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to nourish, support Hú þyncþ eów hú seó sibb gefæstnad wǽre, hwæðér hió síe ðæm gelícost ðe mon nime ǽnne eles dropan, and drýpe on án micel fýr, and þence hit mid ðæm ádwæscan? ðonne is wén, swá micle swíðor swá hé þencþ ðæt hé hit ádwæsce, ðæt hé hit
on-wǽcan
to soften, mollify, cause relaxation of severity
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to soften, mollify, cause relaxation of severity Ðæt wé mihtiges Godes mód onwǽcen, Cd. Th. 26, 7; Gen. 403
on-wæcnian
To awake, arise, be roused, be raised
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To awake, arise, be roused, be raised Of mistlícum dryncum onwæcnaþ sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnysse, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 17. Ðonne ( at the sound of the archangel's trumpet ) of ðisse moldan men onwecniaþ, deáde of duste árísaþ, Cd. Th. 302, 23; Sat. 604
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