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on-týnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§132; §190; §654;
to open.
of places or things,
to make an opening in
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  • Seó eorþe hié ontýnde and hió forswealh ðæt wæter,

      Blickl. Homl. 247, 15.
to open, allow to burst forth
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  • Hé ús ontýneþ heofenes þeótan,

      39, 31.
to open so as to admit of ingress or egress
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  • Him se áwyrgda ongeán helle ontýneþ,

      Exon. Th. 364, 10; Wal. 68.
  • Ðæt hí Godes cyricean ontýndon (

    aperirent

    ),
      Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 16.
  • Ðé is neorxna wang ontýned,

      Andr. Kmbl. 209; An. 105.
to open (
a door)
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  • Geatu ontýnaþ,

      Exon. Th. 36, 15; Cri. 576.
  • Gif sió duru ontýned biþ ... búton ðú ða duru ontýne,

      Past. 21; Swt. 157, 15-19.
  • Síe manna gehwam behliden helle duru, heofones ontýned, éce geopenad engla ríce,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2458; El. 1230.
  • Heofonríces duru sceal þurh ðé onténed beón,

      Blickl. Homl. 9, 3.
to open the mouth, lips,
to speak
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  • Ic antýne (ontýne,

      MS. C. T.) on
    bigspellum múþ mínne, Ps. Spl. 77, 2.
  • Ðá ontýnde Hǽlend his múþ, and wæs sprecende,

      Blickl. Homl. 159, 25.
  • Ontýn weoloras míne,

      Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 116.
to open the eyes (one's own), to look, (another's),
to give sight to
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  • Ðá ontýnde ic míne eágan, lócade on hine,

      Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 39.
  • Hé his eágan ontýnde, biseah tó heofones ríce,

      Exon. Th. 180, 6; Gú. 1275.
  • Þweah ða eágan and ontýne,

      Lchdm. ii. 26, 25.
  • Blindra manna eágan ontýnan,

      Jn. Skt. 10, 21.
  • Hyra eágan wǽrun ontýnede, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 30. (g) to open the ears,

    to listen to a person

    :-- Hé him mildheortnesse eáron ontýnde,
      Blickl. Homl. 107, 1,
    Ontýn eárna hleóþor, Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 77.
to disclose, reveal, display
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  • Se ðe líf ontýneþ,

      Exon. Th. 2, 15; Cri. 19.
  • Forðæm wæs gecweden tó ðæm lytegan feónde ðe ðæs ǽrestan monnes mód ontýnde on ðæs æples gewilnunge

    unde hosti callido, qui primi hominis sensum in concupiscentia pomi aperuit,

      Past. 43, 2; Swt. 309, 17.
  • Þín tunge ontýnde fácn,

      Ps. Th. 49, 20.
  • Ðú mé ðínre snetera hord selfa onténdes,

      Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 71.
  • David his synna hord selfa onténde,

      277, 28.
  • Hwonne ús líffreá leóht ontýne,

      Exon. Th. 2, 31; Cri. 27.
  • Ðæt ic móte ðis gealdor tóþum ontýnan

    that I may utter this incantation,

      Lchdm. i. 400, 5.
  • Ús is wuldres leóht ontýned,

      Cd. Th. 299, 28; Sat. 557: Exon. Th. 102, 17; Cri. 1674: Andr. Kmbl. 3222; An. 1614.
  • Ðǽr is wuldres bléd ontýned,

      Cd. Th. 302, 5; Sat. 594.
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v.  a-týnan on-ténan un-týnan.
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