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on-wreón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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to uncover, disclose
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  • Ne onwríh ðú

    ne reveles,

      Kent. Gl. 960.

  • Onwreónde

    discooperiens,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 73.
literal,
to uncover, open, remove a covering
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  • Hé his hrægl onwrág

    retecto vestimento,

      Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 23.

  • Ðá onwrigon hí hire ondwliton

    discooperto vultus indumento,

      4, 19; S. 589, 16.

  • Onwreóh (-wríh,

      Ps. Surt.) eágan mine, Ps. Spl. T. 118, 18.

  • Onwreón ða duru ðæs geteldes,

      Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 14.
figurative,
to make known, shew forth, reveal, discover
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  • Heó onwríhþ hire ǽwelm, donne heó geopenaþ hiore þeáwas,

      Bt. 20; Fox 70, 25.

  • Hé his miltse onwreáh,

      Blickl. Homl. 107, 20.

  • Ðá com yrnan sum olbenda, and se cwæþ ... 'Ne tódǽlaþ gé ðara háligra líchoman' ... ðá dydon hý swá him ðæt dumbe neát onwreáh,

      Shrn. 136, 2.
  • Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú ðás gesyhþe secge mannum, onwreóh wordum ðæt hit is wuldres beám, Rood Kmbl. 191; Kr. 97.

  • Bæd ðæt hé him on spellum gecýðde, onwrige worda gongum, hú ...,

      Exon. Th. 171, 29; Gú. 1134.

  • Iudas ðé mæg sóð gecýðan, onwreón wyrda gerýno,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1174; El. 589.

  • Ðú scealt biddan ðæt móte beón open and onwrigen hwæt hé sý,

      Blickl. Homl. 185, 4: Bd. 2, 12; S. 512, 32.

  • Is onwrigen wyrda bigang,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2245; El. 1124.
to shew the (hidden)
meaning of anything, to explain
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  • Ic wéne ðæt ðás word ne sind eów fullcúðe, gif wé hí openlícor eów ne onwreóþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 580, 27.
  • Augustinus ús onwreáh ðissere rǽdinge andgit, ii. 384, 21.
  • Ðás word sind sceortlíce gesǽde, and eów is neód ðæt wé hí swutelícor eów onwreón, i. 278, 14.

  • Onwrión

    explicare,

      Kent. Gl. 1152.
to shew, display so as to avoid concealment
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  • Ðá seó fǽmne onwráh ryhtgerýno,

      Exon. Th. 12, 34; Cri. 195.

  • Onwreóh (-wríh,

      Ps. Surt.)
    Gode ðíne wegas, Ps. Th. 36, 5.

  • Gif his sáule gyltas óðerum monnum dígle beóþ and him sylfum cúðe, mid his andetnesse onwreó ða his abbode,

      R. Ben. 72, 5.
to display what is bad, to expose
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  • God hine (

    the sorcerer

    ) onwrýhþ gyt, ðeáh ðe wit hine ne geopenian,
      Blickl. Homl. 187, 17.

  • Seó hálige ǽ forbeódeþ ða sceondlícnysse onwreón mǽgsibba ... Ne onwreóh ðú sceondlícnysse ðínes fæder ... se ðe gedyrstigaþ onwreón ða sceondlícnysse his steópméder ... se onwríhþ his fæder sceondlícnysse,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 6-16.

  • Womdǽda onwreón,

      Exon. Th. 270, 18; Jul. 467.
of the operations of the Deity,
to reveal
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  • Dryhten ðú ðe ðás þing onwrige lytlingum,

      Mt. Kmbl. ii. 25.

  • Hit ðé ne onwreáh flǽsc ne blód, ac mín Fæder,

      16, 17: Bd. 2, 12; S. 512, 24.

  • Áne bóc on his wítegunge, ðe him God sylf onwreáh,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 44.

  • Ðeáh ðe him God onwríge wísdómes gǽst,

      Exon. Th. 273, 14; Jul. 516.

  • Ðam ðe se sunu wyle ðone Fæder onwreón,

      Mt. Kmbl. ii. 27.

  • Drihten hire forþfóre wæs geeáþmódad tó onwreónne,

      Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 36.

  • Sum gesihþ ðe God ðysan menn onwreogan hæfþ,

      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 747.
  • [O. H. Ger. int-ríhan revelare.]
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v.  un-wreón in-wreón.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-wreón.” 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/24863.

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