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on-tyge

(n.)
Grammar
on-tyge, es; m.

What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking

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What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking Gif hwylc abbod geþafaþ ðæt maæssepreóst oððe diácon in tó mynstre gange tó ðý ðæt hý messan singan ... hý nán þing gedyrstlǽcen ne nǽnne ontige on ðam mynstre bútan ðære mæssan ánre if any abbot permit

Linked entry: on-tige

on-týnness

(n.)
Grammar
on-týnness, e; f.

an opening, aperturediscovery

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an opening, aperture Se heofon tóbyrst and eall engla cynn lóciaþ þurh þa ontýnnesse on manna cynn, Blickl. Homl. 93, 24. discovery Be cierlisces monnes ontýnesse (betogenesse, MSS. B. H. Schmid takes ontýnesse = ontigenesse, and Thorpe translates '

Linked entry: týnness

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-wæcnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-wæcnan, p. ede.

to rise, spring, be derived

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to awake Hit ne onwæcneþ tó ðon ðæt hit eft on ierne mid hreówsunga. Ac hit wilnaþ ðæt hit tó ðon onwæcne, ðæt hit mǽge eft weorþan oferdruncen, Past. 56; Swt. 431, 22-25. Ðonne onwæcneþ eft winleás guma, Exon. Th. 289, 8; Wand. 45. Ðá hí onwæcnedun

Linked entry: on-wacnian

on-dǽlend

(n.)
Grammar
on-dǽlend, es, m.

One who imparts

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One who imparts Mægna sellend and bloedsunga ondǽlend virtutum dator et benedictionum infusor, Rtl. 103, 38

Linked entry: dǽlend

on-dóung

(n.)
Grammar
on-dóung, e; f.

A putting in, injection

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A putting in, injection Mid ondóunge wyrtdrences þurh horn sió wamb biþ tó clǽnsianne, Lchdm. ii. 260, 11

Linked entry: dóung

on-drystlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drystlíc, -dyrstlíc.

on-flyge

(n.)
Grammar
on-flyge, es; m.

Infectious disease, disease which, as it were, flies at people flying at a person, fighting

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Infectious disease, disease which, as it were, flies at people Ðú miht wið áttre and wið onflyge, Lchdm. iii. 32, 2, 16, 30. and cf. Icel. á-flog, flying at a person, fighting

on-fónd

(n.)
Grammar
on-fónd, es; m.

One who undertakes or supports

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One who undertakes or supports Onfónd mínre hǽle susceptor salutis meae, Ps. Lamb. 88, 27

Linked entries: fóend on-fón

on-gang

(n.)
Grammar
on-gang, es; m.

an entrancean irruption, attack, a going with violence

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an entrance Ongongas ingressus, Ps. Spl. C. 67, 26. an irruption, attack, a going with violence Ongong incursus, irruptio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 44: 111, 47. Ongeong (-gong, Rush.), impetus, Mk. Skt. Lind, 5, 13

on-fundenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-fundenness, e; f.

experience, experimentfinding out, discovery

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experience, experiment Onfundenness experimentum, i. testamentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 49: . experientia, 145, 52. finding out, discovery Ðú ásettest rǽdels gehýr ðú ða onfundennesse ymbe ðæt ðú cwǽde you have set a riddle, hear the meaning discovered

on-gitenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-gitenness, e ; f.

understanding, knowledge

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understanding, knowledge Hé wæs gefeónde ðære ongytenesse (agnitione) ðæs sððan Godes biganges. Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 13. Tó ongytenysse (ad agnitionem) ðæs sóðan Godes, 2, 9; S. 511, 3. meaning, purport (cf. Similar entries and-git. ) Ðeós ongitenys (

Linked entry: -gitenness

on-ginness

(n.)
Grammar
on-ginness, e; f.

A beginning, undertaking

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A beginning, undertaking Onginnissum inceptis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 26. Hine hét ðæt hé ðám hálwendan ongynnessum georne befulge eum coeptis insistere salutaribus jussit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 11

Linked entry: -ginness

on-gecígung

(n.)
Grammar
on-gecígung, e; f.

Invocation

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Invocation Þerh ongiceiging per invocationem, Rtl. 99, 28

on-geótung

(n.)
Grammar
on-geótung, e; f.

Pouring in

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Pouring in Clǽnsa ǽrest ða wambe mid drences ánfealddre ongeótunge, Lchmd. ii. 234, 26

on-hetting

(n.)
Grammar
on-hetting, e; f.

Persecution

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Persecution Onhettincga persecutiones, Hpt. Gl. 476, 17

Linked entries: hettan hetting

on-heldan

(n.; v.)
Grammar
on-heldan, -heldedness.

Similar entry: on-hildan

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

Linked entry: on-hwirfan

on-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hwirfan, p. de.

to turn (of actual motion),to invert, transposeto change, turn

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to turn (of actual motion), trans. Ic mé wille nú onhwyrfan tó ðisse bǽre, Blickl. Homl. 151, 14. intrans. Swá swá hweól onhwerfþ, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 13. to invert, transpose Agof (boga) is mín noma eft onhwyrfed, Exon. Th. 405, 13; Rä. 24, 1. to

Linked entry: on-hweorfan

on-hyriend

(n.)
Grammar
on-hyriend, es; m.

One who imitates or emulates

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One who imitates or emulates Onhyrgend emulatores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 28. Onhyrgend[r]as, 85, 25

Linked entry: -hyriend