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on-sigan

Add: (1) of forces approaching to attack, to come down on :-- We oferswiðdon þone onsigendan here, Hml. S. 11, 71 : 31, 550 : 555: O. E. Hml. i. 303, 3. (2) of evil that falls upon one :-- For nåhte bið geteald ånes geáres lust ðær ðær se swearta deáð onsigende bið, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 16. Gregorius þæt Romånisce folc for ðåm onsigendum cwealme to behreówsunge tihte, 124, 2. Uton standan mid gemåglicum wopum ongeán ðåm onsigendum swurde swå miccles domes, 126, 1. (3) where defect is chargeable to wrong action :-- Wite se abbod gylte(s) hyrdes onsigan swå hwæt on sceápum se hiredes ealdor nytwyrð-nesse hwonlicor swå mæg gemetan sciat abbas culpe pastoris incumbere quicquid in ovibus paterfamilias utilitatis minus potuerit invenire, R. Ben. I. 12, 5. on-sigan