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on-wealh

  • adjective
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Grammar
on-wealh, -walh; adj.
Whole, entire
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  • Onwalh

    integer,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 25.

  • Of anwealhre

    integro,

      Hpt. Gl. 525, 61.
literal,
sound, uninjured, uncorrupted
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  • Ealne his líchoman gemétton onwealhne and gesundne (

    integrum

    ),
      Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 37.

  • Ealle ða scýtan ðe se líchoma mid bewunden wæs onwealge ætýwdon

    linteamina omnia quibus involutum erat corpus integra apparuerunt,

      4, 19; S. 589, 21.

  • Ða lástas á onwalge beóþ and on ðære ilcan onsýne ðe hié on forman on ða eorþan bestapene wǽron,

      Blickl. Homl. 127, 20.
metaph.
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  • Heó onwealg on hiere onwalde æfter þurhwunade

    regnat incolumis,

      Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 62, 23.

  • Wæs hyre mægdenhád onwalg,

      Exon. Th. 87, 6; Cri. 1421.

  • Ðæt gecyndelíce gewitt biþ anwalg untósliten,

      Past. 52, 2; Swt. 405, 5.

  • Ða óðre stondaþ on anwalgre hǽlo,

      Swt. 403, 23.

  • Andswarede ðæt hé on ðyssum hæfde fæstne geleáfan and onwalhne

    integram se in hoc habere fidem respondebat,

      Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 4.

  • Geleáfan onwealhne and unwemmedne heóldan,

      1, 4; S. 475, 33: 4, 10; S. 578, 27.
of time,
whole, entire
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  • Onwalhge wican

    ebdomade integra,

      4, 27; S. 604, 31.

  • Geár onwealh

    anno integro,

      3, 1; S. 523, 28.

  • Onwalhge niht

    noctes integras,

      4, 25; S. 599, 30.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ana-walg absolutus.]
Linked entries
v.  an-wealh -wealg.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “on-wealh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/24835.

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