On-cirran

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - on-cirran

According to the Old English Dictionary:

on-cirran
A. I a. add :-- Wǽron Egypte eft oncyrde, flugon forhtigende, Exod. 451. ¶ figurative :-- Micel bið se Meotudes egsa, for ðon hí seó molde oncyrreð (cf, a cujus conspectu fugit terra, Apocalypsis, 20, 11), Seef. 103. II. add :-- On midde niht oncierde ꝥ scip on wónne síðfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8. B. I c. add :-- Thás spréce naenig mon on naenge óthre halfe oncaerrende sié, C. D. i. 235, 1. II. add: to turn with the mind :-- Ðá oncierde him seó gehygd tó deófolgylde, Shrn. 92, 14. (2) to change :-- Sume men secgað ꝥ þǽr oncyrre mannes líchama ꝥ hé ne mæge mid his wífe gerestan, Lch. i. 364, 2.

Related words: in-cerran. on-cirran

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