On-cunnan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - on-cunnan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- on-cunnan
- p. -cúðe; pp. -cunnen To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge :-- Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se impatientiae enquirit, Past. 44, 4; Swt. 325, 16. Ic him mín wedd beád, ðæt ic hyra nǽfre nǽnne ne oncúðe, for ðon ðe hý on riht sprǽcon, Chart. Th. 486, 21. Mé míne ágen word sócon swýðe oncúðan verba mea excrabantur, Ps. Th. 55, 5. Ðonne oncúðon (impugnabant) hié mé bútan scylde, Past. 46, 7; Swt. 355, 15. Hié sylfe be ðdon oncúðon, ðæt hié swá ne dydon, Blickl. Homl. 215, 12. Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne, L. Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 5. Ðý læs ðec Meotud oncunne, ðæt ðú sý wommes gewita, Exon. Th. 301, 13; Fä. 18. Ðæt ús God ne þurfa oncunnan for ðæræ waniungæ nec nobis Deus debeat imputare hanc imminutionem, Chart. Th. 163, 25. Oncunnen notatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 81. Hé wæs oncunnen (accusatus) fram ðam ylcan cyninge, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 9. Tó oncunnyne oncunnysse as excusandas excusationes, Ps. Spl. M. C. 140, 4.