Middle English Dictionary Entry
onyẹ̄n prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | onyẹ̄n prep. Also onȝean, anȝen, (EM) ongean, onȝæn, (SWM) onȝein, onȝen, ongein. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. Merc. ongegn, WS ongeagn, ongēan, Nhb. ongægn, ongæn; also LOE (prob. in all dialects) ongēn. All g's were palatal, when retained as consonants = y, when vocalized = i. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. aye & ayen.
1.
(a) Towards (sb.), to meet (sb.); (b) in front of (sb.), before, facing; (c) against (sb. or sth.), contrary to, in opposition to; (d) in anticipation of (sb. or sth.), in preparation for; (e) in return for (sth.); (f) with respect to (sb.), towards (sb.); (g) as a symbol of (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : Þa wes hit cud ouer al þe burh þet þe helind wes þiderward; heo urnen on-ȝein him al þa hebreisce men mid godere heorte and summe mid ufele þeonke.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : Þe helend..oþed to heom, 'god in þane castel þet is on-ȝein eou, and ȝe finded redliche þar ane asse.'
c
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1103 : He ongean riht nolde his hades on fon æt þam arcebiscope Girarde.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1107 : Manege sædon þet hi on þam monan þyses geares mistlice tacna gesawon, & ongean cynde his leoman wexende & waniende.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)46/6 : Þa festene beoð stronge iscotu onȝean þæs deofles costnunge.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)136/24 : Þe ðe tallice word sæð onȝean ðone Haliȝ Gast..næf[ð] he næfre þærof forȝyfenesse.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1843 : He shollde fihhtenn Onnȝæn an drake & cwellenn himm.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11634 : Ȝiff þe Laferrd haffde wrohht Himm fode onnȝæn hiss hunngerr, Þa wære he þurrh þe deofless croc I gluterrnesse fallenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12531 : Þe deofell..wass all strenncþelæs Onnȝæn þatt newe kemmpe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19509 : Johaness Lerninngcnihhtess Tokenn to sannenn fasste onnȝæn Þe Judewisshe lede.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)93 : Eontas walden areran ane buruh and anne stepel..þet weorc wes bigunnen on-ȝen godes iwillan.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)219 : He..cweð an his herto þat he wolde..habbe anwealda and riche anȝen godelmichti.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)21 : Forðon a þis worlð winð onȝein us, and we on-ȝein heo mid muchele earneðnesse.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)99 : Summ bidell birrþ ben sennd, To ȝarrkenn & to greȝȝþenn Onnȝæn hiss laferrd tær þær he Shall cumenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15774 : Twa siþe for þe Laferrd Crist Till Ȝerrsalæmess chesstre Onnȝæn þe Passkemessedaȝȝ.
e
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)15 : Ne scalt þu ȝelden vuel onȝein uuel.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)17 : Ne do þu þin uuel on-gein uuel swa me dude hwile.
f
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)40/12 : He beo ifylled mid þare godcunden lufe onȝean his nyxtæn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4426 : Þe feorþe bodeword wass sett..Þatt tu beo milde & meoc onnȝæn Þin faderr & tin moderr.
g
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5835,5859 : Tatt wass rihht tatt le wass sett Onnȝæn þatt Goddspellwrihhte, Þatt wrat off hu þe Laferrd ras Þe þridde daȝȝ off dæþe..tatt callf wass sett Onnȝæn þatt Goddspellwrihhte, Þatt wrat off hu þe Laferrd Crist Wass offredd uppo rode.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1300(OE) Deed Crediton (CotR 2.11)119 : Þis sint þalondes imeare þare ȝurd bi cridia; Erest on schokebrokes ford…suð on þan dede lake on cridia; Opon ȝenstrem on þan elpenian aker; þanne est on þan herpape, [etc.].
Note: Note OE =up ongean stream
Note: Many notes filed with slip