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onsȳn. See ansȳn.

on, prep. w. dat. and acc. , signifying primarily _touching on, contact
with_: I. local, w. dat. : a) _on, upon, in at_ (of exterior surface): on
hēah-stede (_in the high place_), 285; on mīnre ēðel-tyrf (_in my native
place_), 410; on þǣm meðel-stede, 1083; so, 2004; on þām holmclife, 1422;
so, 1428; on foldan (_on earth_), 1197; so, 1533, 2997; on þǣre medu-bence
(_on the mead-bench_), 1053; beornas on blancum (_the heroes on the
dapple-greys_), 857, etc. ; on ræste (_in bed_), 1299; on stapole (_at,
near, the pillar_), 927; on wealle, 892; on wāge (_on the wall_), 1663; on
þǣm wæl-stenge (_on the battle-lance_), 1639; on eaxle (_on his shoulder_),
817, 1548; on bearme, 40; on brēostum, 552; on hafelan, 1522; on handa (_in
his hand_), 495, 540; so, 555, 766; on him byrne scān (_on him shone the
corselet_), 405; on ōre (_at the front_), 1042; on corðre (_at the head of,
among, his troop_), 1154; scip on ancre (_the ship at anchor_), 303; þæt hē
on heoðe ge-stōd (_until he stood in the hall_), 404; on fæder stǣle (_in a
father's place_), 1480; on ȳðum (_on the waves, in the water_), 210, 421,
534, 1438; on holme, 543; on ēg-strēamum, 577; on segl-rāde, 1438, etc. ; on
flōde, 1367. The prep. postponed: Frēslondum on, 2358. --b) _in, inside of_
(of inside surface): secg on searwum (_a champion in armor_), 249; so, 963;
on wīg-geatwum, 368; (reced) on þǣm se rīca bād (_in which the mighty one
abode_), 310; on Heorote (_in Heorot_), 475, 497, 594, 1303; on bēor-sele,
492, 1095; on healle, 615, 643; so, 639, 1017, 1026, etc. ; on burgum (_in
the cities, boroughs_), 53; on helle, 101; on sefan mīnum (_in my mind_),
473; on mōde, 754; so, 755, 949, 1343, 1719, etc. ; on aldre (_in his
vitals_), 1435; on middan (in medio), 2706. --c) _among, amid_: on searwum
(_among the arms_), 1558; on gemonge (_among the troop_), 1644; on þām
lēod-scipe (_among the people_), 2198; nymðe līges fæðm swulge on swaðule
(_unless the embracing flame should swallow it in smoke_), 783;--_in, with,
touched by, possessing something_: þā wæs on sālum sinces brytta (_then was
the dispenser of treasure in joy_), 608; so, 644, 2015; wæs on hrēon mōde,
1308; on sweofote (_in sleep_), 1582, 2296; hēo wæs on ofste (_she was in
haste_), 1293; so, 1736, 1870; þā wæs on blōde brim weallende (_there was
the flood billowing in, with, blood_), 848; (hē) wæs on sunde (_was
a-swimming_), 1619; wæs tō fore-mihtig fēond on fēðe (_too powerful in
speed_), 971; þǣr wæs swīgra secg . . . on gylpsprǣce (_there was the
champion more silent in his boasting speech_), 982;--_in; full of,
representing, something_: on weres wæstmum (_in man's form_), 1353. --d)
_attaching to_, hence _proceeding from; from something_: ge-hȳrde on
Bēowulfe fæst-rǣdne ge-þōht (_heard in, from, B. the fixed resolve_), 610;
þæt hē ne mētte . . . on elran men mund-gripe māran, 753;--hence, with verbs
of taking: on ræste genam (_took from his bed_), 122; so, 748, 2987; hit ǣr
on þē gōde be-geāton (_took it before from thee_), 2249. --e) _with_: swā
hit lungre wearð on hyra sinc-gifan sāre ge-endod (_as it, too, soon
painfully came to an end with the dispenser of treasure_), 2312. --f) _by_:
mæg þonne on þǣm golde ongitan Gēata dryhten (_the lord of the Geatas may
perceive by the gold_), 1485. --g) _to_, after weorðan: þæt hē on fylle
wearð (_that he came to a fall_), 1545.

With acc. : a) w. verbs of moving, doing, giving, seeing, etc. , _up to, on,
upon, in_: ā-lēdon þā lēofne þēoden . . . on bearm scipes, 35; on stefn (on
wang) stigon, 212, 225; þā him mid scoldon on flōdes ǣht feor ge-wītan, 42;
sē þe wið Brecan wunne on sīdne sǣ (_who strovest in a swimming-match with
B. on the broad sea_), 507, cf. 516; þæt ic on holma ge-þring eorlscipe
efnde (_that I should venture on the sea to do valiant deeds_), 2133; on
fēonda geweald sīðian, 809; þāra þe on swylc starað, 997; so, 1781; on
lufan lǣteð hworfan (_lets him turn his thoughts to love? , to
possessions? _), 1729; him on mōd bearn (_came into his mind, occurred to
him_), 67; rǣsde on þone rōfan (_rushed on the powerful one_), 2691; (cwōm)
on worðig (_came into the palace_), 1973; so, 27, 242, 253, 512, 539, 580,
677, 726, etc. ; on weg (_away_), 764, 845, 1383, 1431, 2097. --b) _towards,
on_: gōde gewyrcean . . . on fæder wine (pl. ), 21. --c) aim or object, _to,
for the object, for, as, in, on_: on þearfe (_in his need, in his strait_),
1457; so, on hyra man-dryhtnes miclan þearfe, 2850; wrāðum on andan (_as a
terror to the foe_), 709; Hrōðgār maðelode him on andsware (_said to him in
reply_), 1841; betst beado-rinca wæs on bǣl gearu (_on the pyre ready_),
1110; wīg-heafolan bær frēan on fultum (_for help_), 2663; wearð on bīd
wrecen (_forced to wait_), 2963. --d) ground, reason, _according to, in
conformity with_: rodera rǣdend hit on ryht gescēd (_decided it in
accordance with right_), 1556; nē mē swōr fela āða on unriht (_swore no
oaths unjustly, falsely_), 2740; on spēd (_skilfully_), 874; nallas on gylp
seleð fǣtte bēagas (_giveth no gold-wrought rings as he promised_), 1750;
on sīnne selfes dōm (_boastingly, at his own will_), 2148; him eal worold
wendeð on willan (_according to his will_), 1740. --e) w. verbs of buying,
_for, in exchange for_: mē ic on māðma hord mīne be-bohte frōde feorh-lege
(_for the hoard of jewels_), 2800. --f) _of, as to_: ic on Higelāce wāt,
Gēata dryhten (_I know with respect to, as to, of, H. _), 1831; so, 2651;
þæt hēo on ǣnigne eorl ge-lȳfde fyrena frōfre (_that she should rely on
any earl for help out of trouble_), 628; þā hīe ge-truwedon on twā healfa
(_on both sides, mutually_), 1096; so, 2064; þæt þū him ondrǣdan ne þearft
. . . on þā healfe (_from, on this side_), 1676. --g) after superlatives or
virtual superlatives = _among_: næs . . . sinc-māððum sēlra (= þæt wæs
sinc-māðma sēlest) on sweordes hād (_there was no better jewel in sword's
shape_, i. e. among all swords there was none better), 2194; sē wæs Hrōðgāre
hæleða lēofost on ge-sīðes hād (_dearest of men as, in the character of,
follower_, etc. ), 1298.

II. Of time: a) w. dat. , _in, inside of, during, at_: on fyrste (_in time,
within the time appointed_), 76; on ūhtan (_at dawn_), 126; on mergenne
(_at morn, on the morrow_), 565, 2940; on niht, 575; on wanre niht, 703; on
tȳn dagum, 3161; so, 197, 719, 791, 1063, etc. ; on geogoðe (_in youth_),
409, 466; on geogoð-fēore, 537; so, 1844; on orlege (_in, during, battle_),
1327; hū lomp ēow on lāde (_on the way_), 1988; on gange (_in going, en
route_), 1885; on sweofote (_in sleep_), 1582. --b) w. acc. , _towards,
about_: on undern-mǣl (_in the morning, about midday_), 1429; on
morgen-tīd, 484, 518; on morgen, 838; on ende-stæf (_toward the end, at
last_), 1754; oftor micle þonne on ǣnne sīð (_far oftener than once_),
1580.

III. With particles: him on efn (_beside, alongside of, him_), 2904; on
innan (_inside, within_), 71, 1741, 1969, 2453, 2716; þǣr on innan (_in
there_), 2090, 2215, 2245. With the relative þē often separated from its
case: þē ic hēr on starie (_that I here look on, at_), 2797; þē gē þǣr on
standað (_that ye there stand in_), 2867.

on-cȳð (cf. Dietrich in Haupt's Zeits. XI. , 412), st. f. , _pain,
suffering_: nom. sg. , 1421; acc. sg. or pl. on-cȳððe, 831.

on-drysne, adj. , _frightful, terrible_: acc. sg. firen on-drysne, 1933.

ōnettan (for anettan, from root an-, Goth. inf. anan, _to breathe, pant_),
w. v. , _to hasten_: pret. pl. ōnetton, 306, 1804.

on-līcnes, st. f. , _likeness, form, figure_: nom. sg. , 1352.

on-mēdla, w. m. , _pride, arrogance_: dat. sg. for on-mēdlan, 2927. Cf.
Bugge in Zacher's Zeits. 4, 218 seqq.

on-sǣge, adj. , _tending to fall, fatal_: nom. sg. þā wæs Hondscīo (dat. )
hild on-sǣge, 2077; Hæðcynne wearð . . . gūð on-sǣge, 2484.

on-weald, st. m. , _power, authority_: acc. sg. (him) bēga ge-hwæðres . . .
onweald ge-tēah (_gave him power over, possession of, both_), 1044.

open, adj. , _open_: acc. sg. hord-wynne fond . . . opene standan, 2272.

openian, w. v. , _to open_, w. acc. : inf. openian, 3057.

orc (O. S. orc, Goth. aúrkei-s), st. m. , _crock, vessel, can _: nom. pl.
orcas, 3048; acc. pl. orcas, 2761.

orcnē, st. m. , _sea-monster_: nom. pl. orcnēas, 112.

ord, st. n. _point_: nom. sg. oð þæt wordes ord brēost-hord þurh-bræc
(_till the word-point broke through his breast-hoard, came to utterance_),
2792; acc. sg. ord (_sword-point_), 1550; dat. instr. orde (id. ), 556; on
orde (_at the head of, in front_ [of a troop]), 2499, 3126.

ord-fruma, w. m. , _head lord, high prince_: nom. sg. , 263.

ōret-mecg, st. m. , _champion, warrior, military retainer_: nom. pl.
ōret-mecgas, 363, 481; acc. pl. ōret-mecgas, 332.

ōretta, w. m. , _champion, fighter, hero_: nom. sg. , 1533, 2539.

or-leg, st. n. , _war, battle_: dat. sg. on orlege, 1327; gen. sg. or-leges,
2408.

or-leg-hwīl, st. f. , _time of battle, war-time_: nom. sg. [or-leg]-hwīl,
2003; gen. sg. orleg-hwīle, 2912; gen. pl orleg-hwīla, 2428.

or-leahtre, adj. , _blameless_: nom. sg 1887.

or-þanc (cf. Gloss. Aldhelm.
mid or-þance = argumento in Haupt XI. , 436;
orþancum = machinamentis, _ibid. _ 477; or-þanc-scipe = mechanica, 479, st.
m. , _mechanical art, skill_: instr. pl. or-þoncum, 2088; smiðes or-þancum,
406.

or-wēna, adj. (weak form), _hopeless, despairing_, w. gen. : aldres or-wēna
(_hopeless of life_), 1003, 1566.

or-wearde, adj. , _unguarded, without watch_ or _guard_: adv. , 3128.

oruð, st. n. , _breath, snorting_: nom. sg. , 2558; dat. oreðe, 2840.

Ō

oð (Goth. und, O. H. G. unt, unz): 1) prep. w. acc. , _to, till, up to_, only
temporal: oð þone ānne dæg, 2400; oð dōmes dæg, 3070; ō woruld-ende,
3084. --2) oð þæt, conj. w. depend, indicative clause, _till, until_, 9, 56,
66, 100, 145. 219, 296, 307, etc.

ōðer (Goth. anþar), num. : 1) _one or other of two, a second_, = alter: nom.
sg. subs. : se ōðer, 2062; ōðer(_one_ i. e. of my blood-relations, Hæðcyn and
Hygelāc), 2482; ōðer . . . ōðer (_the one . . . the other_), 1350-1352. Adj. :
ōðer . . . mihtig mān-sceaða (_the second mighty, fell foe_, referring to
1350, 1339; se ōðer . . . hæle, 1816; fem. niht ōðer, 2118; neut. ōðer geār
(_the next, second, year_), 1134; acc. sg. m. ōðerne, 653, 1861, 2441,
2485; þenden rēafode rinc ōðerne(_whilst one warrior robbed the other_,
i. e. Eofor robbed Ongenþēow), 2986; neut. ōðer swylc(_another such, an
equal number_), 1584; instr. sg. ōðre sīðe (_for the second time, again_),
2671, 3102; dat. sg. ōðrum, 815, 1030, 1166, 1229, 1472, 2168, 2172, etc. ;
gen. sg. m. ōðres dōgores, 219, 606; neut. ōðres, 1875. --2) _another, a
different one_, = alius: nom. sg. , subs. ōðer, 1756; ōðer nǣnig (_no
other_), 860. Adj. : ǣnig ōðer man, 503, 534; so, 1561; ōðer in (_a
different house_ or _room_), 1301; acc. sg. ōðer flet, 1087; gen. sg. ōðres
. . . yrfe-weardes, 2452; acc. pl. ealo drincende ōðer sǣdan (_ale drinkers
said other things_), 1946; acc. pl. neut. word ōðer, 871.

ōfer, st. m. , _shore_: dat. sg. on ōfre, 1372.

ofost, st. f. , _haste_: nom. sg. ofost is sēlest tō gecȳðanne (_haste is
best to make known, best to say at once_), 256; so, 3008; dat. sg. bēo þū
on ofeste (ofoste) (_be in haste, hasten_), 386, 2748; on ofste, 1293; on
ofoste, 2784, 3091.

ofost-līce, adv. , _in haste, speedily_, 3131.

ō-hwǣr, adv. , _anywhere_, 1738, 2871.

ōmig, adj. , _rusty_: nom. sg. , 2764; nom. pl. ōmige, 3050.

ōr, st. n. , _beginning, origin; front_: nom. sg. , 1689; acc. sg. , 2408;
dat. sg. on ōre, 1042.

ō-wiht, _anything, aught_: instr. sg. ō-wihte (_in any way_), 1823, 2433.

P

pād, st. f. , _dress_; in comp. here-pād.

pæð, st. m. , _path, road, way_; in comp. ān-pæð.

plega, w. m. , _play, emulous contest_; lind-plega, 1074.

R

raðe, adv. , _quickly, immediately_, 725, Cf. hrāðe.

rand, rond, st. m. , _shield_: acc. sg, rand, 683; rond, 657, 2567, 2610;
dat. ronde (rond, MS. ), 2674; under rande, 1210; bī ronde, 2539; acc. pl.
randas, 231; rondas, 326, 2654. --Comp. : bord-, hilde-, sīd-rand.

rand-hæbbend, pres. part. , _shield-bearer_, i. e. _man at arms, warrior_:
gen. pl. rond-hæbbendra, 862.

rand-wiga, w. m. , _shield-warrior, shield-bearing warrior_: nom. sg. , 1299;
acc. sg. rand-wigan, 1794.

rād, st. f. , _road, street_; in comp. hran-, segl-, swan-rād.

ge-rād, adj. , _clever, skilful, ready_: acc. pl. neut. ge-rāde, 874.

rāp, st. m. , _rope, bond, fetter_: in comp. wæl-rāp.

rāsian, w. v. , _to find, discover_: pret. part. þā wæs hord rāsod, 2284.

ræst. See rest.

rǣcan, w. v. , _to reach, reach after_: pret. sg. rǣhte ongēan fēond mid
folme (_reached out his hand toward the foe_), 748.

ge-rǣcan, _to attain, strike, attack_: pret. sg. hyne . . . wǣpne ge-rǣhte
(_struck him with his sword_), 2966; so, 556.

rǣd, st. m. : 1) _advice, counsel, resolution; good counsel, help_: nom. sg.
nū is rǣd gelong eft æt þē ānum (_now is help to be found with thee
alone_), 1377; acc. sg. rǣd, 172, 278, 3081. --2) _advantage, gain, use_:
acc. sg.