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Old English Dictionary Entry

On-sagu

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1 on-sagu

f. A charge brought against a person, accusation:-- Á biþ andsæc swíðere ðonne onsagu, i.e.in a case where a charge is brought against a person, and it is met with a denial attested by the proper legal formalities, the case against him fails, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 17. [Cf. the somewhat similar principle which follows:-- Ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ ðonne ðam ðe æfter sprecþ. See also Grmm. R. A. 856.] Ðá cwæþ Eugenia ðæt heó eáþe mihte Melantian onsage oferdrífan (refute the charge), Homl. Skt. i. 2, 206. Manega mid leásum onsagum geneálǽhton multi falsi testes accessissent, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 60.
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ᚩᚾ-ᛋᚪᚷᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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