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ON-STÁL--ON-TENDNESS. 769
on-stál, es; m.(?) A charge, accusation:--Gif Englisc onstál gá forþ . . . Gif hit biþ Wílisc onstál, L. In. 46; Th. i. 130, 15-16. Onstáles invectionis, illationis, Hpt. Gl. 448, 53. v. stæ-acute;lan.
on-steall, es; m. Institution, provision:--Gode ælmiehtigum sí þonc ðætte wé nú æ-acute;nigne onstal habbaþ láreówa, Past. pref.; Swt. 4, 1. v. on-stæl and on-stellan.
on-stedfullness, e; f. Instability:--Onstydfullnisse instabilitas, Rtl. 192, 19.
on-stellan to institute, give rise to, set on foot, bring in, be the author of, set (an example):--Ðú scealt greót etan swá ðú wróhte onstealdest thou (the serpent) hast brought sin into the world, Cd. Th. 56, 12; Gen. 911: 57, 22; Gen. 932. Hé in wuldre wróhte onstalde, 287, 19; Sat. 369. Ðá onstealdon ða heretogan æ-acute;rest ðone fleám the leaders were the first to fly, Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 15. Swá hit (persecution) Nero onstealde, Ors. 6, 6; Swt. 262, 12. Créca gewinn ðe of Læcedemonia æ-acute;rest onsteled (stæled, MS. C.) wæs dominandi Lacedaemoniorum cupiditas, quantas causas certaminum suscitavit, 3, 1; Swt. 100, 11. Hé wuldres gehwæs ord onstealde omnium miraculorum auctor exstitit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 21. Se ðæs orleges or onstealde, Beo. Th. 4806; B. 2407. Ðe ðæs oferhýdes ord onstaldon, Cd. Th. 272, 4; Sat. 114. Abraham bysene onstealde geleáffullum Abram exemplum credentium fuit, Gl. Prud. 1: Blickl. Homl. 7, 9: 23, 16. Ða láreówas sceolan gódes lífes bysene onstellan ðæ-acute;m ðe him æfter fylgeon, 81, 6. Wolde ic eów on ðon bysne onstellan, Andr. Kmbl. 1942; An. 973. Ða godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, swæ-acute; hit míne ærfenuman onstellen (appoint), Chart. Th. 477, 12. Onstaelde (ox-, Wrt.) idoneus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 51.
on-stépan to raise:--Onstép mínne hige in gearone ræ-acute;d, Exon. Th. 454, 25; Hy. 4, 38.
on-steppan to walk, go:--Ðú onstæpst gradieris, Ps. Spl. 31, 10. Lege on lange hwíle óþ ðæt hé onstæppe, Lchdm. ii. 126, 17. v. steppan.
on-stígend, es; m. One who ascends or mounts:--Hors and onstígend áwearp in sæ-acute; equum et ascensorem projecit in mare, Ps. Surt. ii. 187, 4.
on-sting, es; m. Authority:--Icc nelle geþafian ðæt æ-acute;nig mann æ-acute;nigne onstingc habbe on æ-acute;nigum þingum oððe on æ-acute;nigum tíman bútan se abbod, Chart. Th. 362, 3. Æ-acute;nige onsting, 369, 24. Ic nelle geþafian ðæt æ-acute;ni man æ-acute;nine onstyngc hæbbe nolo permittere ut quis jus habeat, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 17. Ðæt gé nán onsting ne hauuen of ðat mynstre búton swá micel swá ðone abbot wille ut nec tu nec quisquam successorum episcoporum quicquam hujus aecclesiae usurpet praeter abbatis uoluntatem, v. 29, 20.
on-stíran 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-stíðian to make hard:--Onstíðade (induravit) hiora hearta, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 40.
on-stregdan to sprinkle:--Ðú onstrigdes (asparges) mec mid ysopan, Ps. Surt. 50, 9.
on-styreness, e; f. Movement:--Nalæs ðæt án óðra lima ac swylce eác ðære tungan onstyrenesse non solum caeterorum membrorum, sed et linguae motu, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 17.
on-styrian. I. to move, stir (of physical motion):--Se líchoma ná ne onstyreþ siððan seó sáwl him of biþ, Blickl. Homl. 21, 27. Onstyredan, drifan agitabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 39. Heó næ-acute;nig lim onstyrian mihte, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 4. Onstyrgan (commoveri) foet míne, Ps. Surt. 65, 9. II. to move, stir up, excite:--Hí mycle fyrhto onstyredon ðám monnum ðe hí sceáwodon, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 23. Unsibbe onstyrian, Cd. Th. 281, 14; Sat. 271. III. to move, disturb, agitate (a person):--Seó gedréfednes mæg ðæt mód onstyrian, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 24. Se ðe mæg eorþware onstyrian, Ps. Th. 98, 1. Hý fægniaþ gif ic onstyred beó exultabunt si motus fuero, 12, 5: 32, 7. Hwæt arun gé onstyred quid turbamini, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 39. Onstyred and onæ-acute;led mid andan, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 7: Blickl. Homl. 199, 16. Onstyred mid heora wordum, 225, 23. Eal seó burh wæs onstyred, 71, 13. Hié beóþ on heora móde mid mislícum geþohtum onstyrede, 19, 9.
on-sund; adj. I. of persons, sound, whole, uninjured:--Sum cild wearþ tó deáþe tócwýsed. Seó móder bær ðæs cildes líc tó ðam gemynde ðæs hálgan Stephanes, and hit sóna geedcucode and ansund æteówode, Homl. Th. ii. 26, 28. Onsund, Exon. Th. 278, 5; Jul. 593. Heó árás andsund of ðam bedde, Homl. Skt. i. 22, 52. Ábeád ðæt hié hine ealles onsundne eft gebrohten of ðære folcsceare the king ordered that Abraham should be brought again out of Egypt safe and sound, Cd. Th. 112, 15; Gen. 1871. Hé áléde his tunecan uppon ðám deádum, and hí ansunde árison, Homl. Th. i. 74, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 2023; An. 1014: 3244; An. 1625. II. of things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury:--Ne wearm weder ne winterscúr wihte gewyrdan, ac se wong seómaþ onsund, Exon. Th. 199, 3; Ph. 20: 200, 21; Ph. 44. Nán cyneríce ne stent náne hwíle ansund, gif hí gesóme ne beóþ, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 238. For ðære clæ-acute;nnysse his ansundan mægþhádes. Hé on écnysse on ungewemmedum mægþháde þurhwunode, Homl. Th. i. 58, 7. Hine getácnode God tó ansundre hæ-acute;le, ii. 512, 13. Ansundre integro, Hpt. Gl. 525, 61. God hine (Enoch) genam mid ansundum líchaman of ðissum lífe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 42. Ðenden gæ-acute;st and líc geador síþedan onsund on earde, Exon. Th. 285, 16; Jul. 715. Ðá wurdon ða gymstánas swá ansunde, ðæt nán tácen ðære æ-acute;rran tócwýsednesse næs gesewen, Homl. Th. i. 62, 16. v. an-sund.
on-sundness, e; f. Soundness, freedom from physical or moral flaw:--Andsumnysse (ansundnysse?) integritatis, virginitatis, Hpt. Gl. 444, 53. Gefég ðás bricas tó ansundnysse join these broken gems together so that they may again be whole, Homl. Th. i. 62, 8. v. an&dash-uncertain;sundness.
on-sundrian to separate, take apart:--Næ-acute;nig heora, of ðám ðe hí áhton, ówiht his beón onsundrad cwæþ none of them said that anything they owned was his separate property, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 15 note. v. á-sundrian.
on-sundrum, -sundran, -sundron; adv. I. separately, severally, separated one from the other, apart:--Onsundron separatim, onsundron hé sit singillatim sedet, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 39. Onsundran altrinsecus, hine et inde, Hpt. Gl. 410, 2. Uton biddan onsundron æt Gode, ic æt mínum Gode . . . and gé eác swá dón let each pray severally to his own God, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 107. Ðá ná gestód hé ná æ-acute;lcne onsundran (each separately), 23, 177. Hié sæ-acute;ton onsundran they (Adam and Eve) did not sit together, Cd. Th. 52, 11; Gen. 842. Stande hé ealra ýtemest, oððe on ðam stede, ðe se abbod swá gémeleásum monnum tó stealle onsundrum betæ-acute;ht hæfþ . . . Wé forðí tæ-acute;hton ðæt hý on úteweardan oððe onsundrum standen, ðæt . . ., R. Ben. 68, 10-17. Næ-acute;nig heora, of ðám ðe hí áhton, ówiht his beón onsundran cwæþ, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 15. Ðeáh bútú on ánum men síen, ðeáh biþ æ-acute;gðer him onsundron, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 35. Æ-acute;lc ðæra gesceafta hæfþ his ágenne eard onsundron, 33, 4; Fox 130, 24. For æ-acute;ghwylc onsundran riht ágieldan, Exon. Th. 372, 24; Seel. 97. II. in retirement from others, apart:--Ðá férde hé onsundron secessit, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 13. Hé læ-acute;dde hig onsundron (seorsum), 17, 1. Hé nam his leorningcnihtas onsundron assumsit discipulos secreto, 20, 17. Uton gán onsundron (seorsum) . . . Hí fóron onsundran, Mk. Skt. 6, 31-32. III. making distinction from others, especially:--Ic onsundrum ða stówe lufige, and ofer ealle óðre ic hié geceás, Blickl. Homl. 201, 6.
on-swætende, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 31. v. sprecan.
on-swápan. v. swápan.
on-swebban to put to sleep (but generally of the sleep of death), lay to rest (in the grave):--Onsuebbaþ sepeliant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 44. Onsuebdum sopitis, 120, 73. [O. Sax. an-swebian: O. H. Ger. in-, int-sueppen sopire.] v. á-swebban.
on-swégan. v. swégan.
on-swífan. I. to swing, turn:--Bordrand onswáf wið ðam gryregieste Geáta dryhten Beowulf turned his shield against the approaching fire-drake, Beo. Th. 5112; B. 2559. II. to turn aside, divert:--Ne mæg mon æ-acute;fre ðý éð æ-acute;nne his cræftes beniman, ðe mon oncerran mæg sunnan onswífan and ðisne swiftne rodor of his rihtryne, Met. 10, 40.
on-swógan. v. swógan.
ou-symbelness, e; f. A solemn festival:--Mið ðý heó geségon ðone biscop mæssan (mæssena, MS. B.) onsymbelnesse mæ-acute;rsian (celebratis missarum sollemniis), Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 12.
on-sýn. v. on-sín.
on-talu, e; f. A successful claim, a charge that is established. v. of-talu.
on-ténan. v. on-týnan.
on-tendan; p. -tende; pp. -tended, -tend. I. to kindle, set fire to, to fire:--Gif fýr síe ontended . . . gebéte ðone æfwerdelsan se ðæt fýr ontent, L. Alf. pol. 27; Th. i. 50, 27-28. Ontend þreó candela, Lchdm. iii. 286, 6. Ðe ðæt fýr ontende qui ignem succenderit, Ex. 22, 6. Ða hálgan tihton ðæt man ða ofnas ontende (-tænde, MSS. C. V.), Homl. Skt. i. 5, 294. Hí on ða burh feohtende wæ-acute;ron, and eác hí mid fýre ontendan woldon, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 12. Ðonne hé (the moon) of hyre (the sun) ontend byþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 12. Ontend succensus, Hpt. Gl. 507, 17. Antend, 471, 22. Antendne succensam, ardentem, 464, 36. II. to kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame:--Sume se deófol ontent tó gýtsunge, Homl. Th. i. 240, 25. Ðíne gebedu geancsumiaþ mé and ontendaþ, 458, 4. [O. E. Homl. A. R. Jul. Marh. ontenden: Goth. tandjan to kindle, light; in-tandjan to consume with fire.]
on-tendness, e; f. I. a burning, fire:--Hé hét gearcian ða tunnan tó heora bærnette . . . Hí wurdon gebrohte tó ðám tunnum and tó ðære ontendnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 307. Ontendnyssa incendia, Hpt. Gl. 499, 42. Antendnyssum globis, 489, 68. Ontyndnissum incendiis, 440, 4. II. metaph. fire, that which kindles passion:--Eugenia cwæþ ðæt heó wæ-acute;re gálnysse ontendnyss, Homl. Skt. 2, 173. III. passion, vehement desire:--Ðære forligerlícere ontendnysse adulterinae titillationis, Hpt. Gl. 505, 68. Ontyndnysse, 520, 33. Hé uneáðe ðære líchamlícan ontendnysse wiðstandan mihte, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 26.