Middle English Dictionary Entry
onsight n.
Entry Info
| Forms | onsight n. Also onsiht, onsihð. |
| Etymology | From sight n. Also cp. OE gesihþ. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Appearance; also, act of seeing, sight; (b) presence.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)24/229 : Ha..beoð alle ilihtet & igleadet, ham þuncheð, of his onsihðe, for al þet hus schineð & schimmeð of his leome.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)30/271 : Se muche murhðe ich hefde on hare onsihðe, þet ne mahte ich longe hwile elles hwider lokin.
- c1230 Ancr.(Corp-C 402)215/2 : Eft wule þe apostle þet wummon wreo i chirche hire neb ȝetten, leste uuel þoht arise þurh hire onsihðe.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)27 : He þe wule forbeode of his eȝane onsiht, and ec þu ne derst cumen bi-foren him fore þine gulte.