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Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
Wright's OE grammar
§325;
substitute 1579.
add: expressing quickness of movement or procedure
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  • Heó gewát hyre west þonan feran, forð ónette,

      Rä. 30, 11.

  • Mé wǽre liófre ꝥ ic ónette wiþ þæs, ꝥ ic ðé móste gelǽstan ꝥ ic ðe gehét

    festino debitum promissionis absolvere,

      Bt. 40, 5 ; F. 240, 15.

  • Seó stíg gelǽdde þá ónettendan (properantes) men tó ðæs weres cytan, Gr. D. 212, 20. I a. of too quick procedure, to hurry :-- Gif hé unendebyrdlíce ónet mid dǽre sprǽce

    si inordinate ad loquendum rapitur,

      Past. 93, 18.
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  • Ónettæ, ónete, ónette

    occupavit,

      Txts. 82, 712. . .
add: of energetic movement or procedure,
to press, strive
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  • Ónyt

    contendit (amplificare),

      An. Ox. 5216.

  • Dryhtnes cempa . . . forð ónetteð, leahtras dwǽsceð,

      Ph. 455.

  • Þyder gást rǽdendes ónyt

    (tendit),

      Scint. 219, 4.

  • Mænige tó dǽdbóte gehwyrfan ónyttað

    (contendant),

      115, 4.

  • Cyning forð ónette

    the king pressed on,

      Hö. 41 : Vald. 2, 10.

  • Seldséne is þæt þá (qui) welan ágniað tó reste ónetton

    rarum est ut qui diuitias possident ad requiem tendant,

      Scint. 183, 10: E. S. viii. 473, 34.

  • Guman ónetton . . . oð þæt hý sæl ongytan mihton,

      B. 306: 1803: Gen. 1985.
Etymology
[From on-hátian.]
Similar entries
v. ge-ónettan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “onettan.” 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/56493.

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