- þa
mycelne here, com him
togenes æt þære
haran apuldran,
Wyllelm him com
ongean on unwær, ær þis folc
gefylced wære. Ac se kyng þeah him swiðe heardlice...
-
contains as its
second element þeōw "servant, slave". The
first appears to be
ongēan "against, opposite". In the Old
English epic poem Beowulf,
Ongentheow is...
- þæt him fela laf
frecne ne
meahton scurheard sceþðan, þonne
scyldfreca ongean gramum gangan scolde. It was
hardly a
shame to be
showered with such gifts...
- on on, in
Ancestor of
modern on onbūtan
around Ancestor of
modern about onġēan opposite, against; towards; in
reply to
Ancestor of
modern again. Related...
- esne to eorþan
hwilum ealdne ceorl. Sona þæt on findeð, se þe mec fehð
ongean ond wið mægenþisan
minre genæsteð, þæt he
hrycge sceal hrusan secan, gif...
