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on-wrigenness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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on-wrigenness, e; f.
An uncovering, discovery
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  • - Onwrigenys

    apocalypsis,

      Hpt. Gl. 435, 43.
a removal of that which obscures or
conceals
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  • Leóht tó onwrigennysse þeóda

    lumen ad revelationem gentium;

    a light to lighten the
      Gentiles, Homl. Th. i. 136, 22.
an explanation, exposition (v. on-wreón,
)
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  • Circlícere anwrigenisse

    ecclesiasticae traditionis, expositionis,

      Hpt. Gl. 410, 36.

  • Hæbben ða ungelǽredan inlendisce ðæs hálgan regules cýððe þurh ágenes gereordes anwrigennesse

    by means of an explanation (translation) in their own tongue,

      Lchdm. iii. 442, 9.
an exposure of a person's real character (v. on-wreón,
)
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  • Nú neálǽceþ ǽgðer ge ðín onwrigennes ge uncer gecýðnes

    the vanity of your pretensions will be exposed, and the reality of our claims will be made manifest,

      Blickl. Homl. 187, 23.
a revelation, manifestation made to the eye or
to the ear by divine power (v. on-wreón,
)
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  • Heó sægde ðæt heó geleornod hæfde on onwrihgennysse (MS. T. onwrignesse) ðæt hire forþfóre wǽre swíðe neáh. Sǽde heó him ðæt seó onwrihgnes ðyslíc wǽre. Cwæþ ðæt heó gesáwe micelne þreát,

      Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 35-38.

  • Se Hǽlend geswutelode him ða tóweardan onwrigenysse (

    a revelation of the future

    ), be ðære hé áwrát ða bóc ðe is geháten
      Apocalipsis, Homl. Th. i. 60, 1.

  • Helena hí (the cross) áfunde þurh Cristes onwrigennesse

    through a revelation made by Christ,

      H. R. 99, 8.

  • Him ða upplícan onwrigenesse wiðstódon

    superna illi oracula restiterunt,

      Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 21.
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v.  on-wrigness un-wrigedness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-wrigenness.” 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/24864.

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