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on-týnan

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on-týnan, <b>I c.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§132; §190; §654;
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  • Pater Noster heofenas ontýneð,

      Sal. 40.
  • Gif hwá wæterpyt betýnedne ontýne, Ll. Th. i. 50, 6. (c α) intrans. (reflex) :-- Þá ontýnde se heofon, Shrn. 117, 3. I d.

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    :-- Þá gyldnan geatu þe bilocen stódan hát ontýnan,
      Cri. 253. I e. add :--
to open the mouth for food (lit. and fig.), breath, &c.
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  • Se mereweard múð ontýneð, wíde weleras,

      Wal. 53: Rä. 76, 4.
  • Ontýn þínne múð dilata os tuum, Ps. Th. 80, 11. I h. to open what is compressed, open the hand ; fig.

    to bestow liberally

    :-- Swylce þú wylle þíne þá hálgan hand ontýnan, ealle hí gefyllan fægere góde,
      Ps. Th. 103, 26.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ant-(in-)zúnen aperire.]
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v. un-týnan.
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