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on-ǽlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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on-ǽlan, p. de.
to set fire to, to ignite, kindle (lit. and figurative)
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  • Hú ne onǽlþ (

    accendit

    ) heó hyre leóhtfæt?
      Lk. Skt. 15, 8.
  • Hé hiene onǽlþ mid ðam tapure ðæs godcundan liéges,

      Past. 36; Swt. 259, 12.
  • Ne byrnþ on ðé ðæt ðæt ðú on lífe ne onǽldest þurh leahtras,

      Homl. Th. ii. 338, 16 : 344, 26.
  • Ne onǽl ðú ðé sylfum ðæt éce fýr, i. 594, 27.
  • Ne onǽle gé nán fýr on ðam dæge

    non succendetis ignem per diem sabbati,

      Ex. 35, 3.
  • Ðá hét se ealdorman onǽlan ormǽte ád,

      Homl. Th. ii. 484, 7 : Exon. Th. 277, 13 ; Jul. 580.
  • Drihtenes fýr wearþ onǽled (

    accensus

    ),
      Num. 11, 1. 3.
  • Cola onǽlde synd

    carbones succensi sunt,

      Ps. Spl. 17, 10.
to burn (cf. anneal),
consume by burning
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  • Ðás fýr onǽlaþ manna sáwla . . . Ðis fýr onǽlþ ǽlcne be his gewyrhtum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 338, 6-17.
  • Ðá námon Nadab and Abiud híra stórcillan and onǽldon ðǽron ungehálgod fýr,

      Lev. 10, 1.
  • Nim fela tunnan and dó hí ðǽr on innan, onǽl hí siðdan ealle,

      Homl. Skt. i. 4, 260.
to make hot with fire
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  • Hé hét onǽlan ðone ofen swíðe þearle,

      Homl. Th. ii. 20, 1.
to make hot (in a metaphorical sense),
to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions
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  • Ic (

    the devil

    ) hine ðæs swíðe synnum onǽle, ðæt hé byrnende from gebede swíceþ,
      Exon. Th. 264, 31 ; Jul. 372.
  • Onǽled

    incensum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 18.
  • Mid ðære lufe onǽled ðara worda,

      Ap. Th. 18, 27.
  • Onǽled mid ðæm andan his hiéremonna unþeáwa,

      Past. 21 ; Swt. 159, 8.
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v. in-ǽlan.
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v.  á-ǽlan an-ælan in-ǽlan.
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