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on-gitan

  • verb [ strong ]
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on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten
To perceive
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  • Ic ongite

    comperio,

      Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 46.
  • Ongiotaþ

    animadvertite.

      Kent. Gl. 230.
  • Ða hé ongítende wæs

    animadverterit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 9.
  • Ongeten, onfunden

    expertus, cognitus, i. probatus, inventus,

      145, 47.
to perceive, see
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  • Gif ðú gesihst hwylcne ungesǽligne mon and ongitst hwæthwegu gódes on him,

      Bt. 38, 3 ; Fox 200, 15.
  • Hí ðǽr hwílum synne ongytaþ ðǽr ðe syn ne

    biþ,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 26.
  • Gif hí hwílcne mon on ðám landum ongytaþ oððe geseóþ ðonne feorriaþ hí and fleóþ

    sed hominem cum viderint longe fugiunt,

      Nar. 36, 21.
  • Ðín wuldor ougitaþ woruldcyningas,

      Ps. Th. 101, 13.
  • Siððan hé beácen

    (the miracle of the fiery furnace)

    onget,
      Cd. Th. 246, 33 ; Dan. 488.
  • Ðæt ic ǽrwelan ongite, gearo sceáwige,

      Beo. Th. 5489; B. 2748.
  • Ðæt hié Geáta clifu ongitan meahton,

      3827; B. 1911.
  • Gefeán mon mihte on his andwleotan ongytan,

      Blickl. Homl. 223, 35.
to perceive by hearing
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  • Ic ðæs þeódnes word ongeat,

      Exon. Th. 175, 11; Gú. 1193.
  • Gif ðú sanges stæfne gehýrdest and ðú heofonlíc weorud ongeáte ofer us cuman,

      Bd. 4, 3 ; S. 568, 31.
  • Hié horn galan ongeáton,

      Beo. Th. 5880; B. 2944.
to perceive, feel (
pain, etc. )
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  • Ðonne ne ongitest ðú ǽnig sár,

      Lchdm. i. 368, 26.
  • Donne ne ongyt hé ná mycel tó geswynce ðæs síðes,

      102, 6.
  • Ongæt gumena aldor hwæt him Waldend wræc wíteswingum,

      Cd. Th. 111, 29; Gen. 1863.
  • Swá ðæt se seóca ðone stenc ne ongite,

      Lchdm. i. 304, 23.
to feel, be of opinion, judge
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  • Ðeáh ðe be ðyssum willan misenlíce cynn monna missenlíce ongite

    quamvis de hac re diversae hominum nationes diversa sentiant,

      Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 495, 14.
to know, hear of, find out
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  • Wé witon manige foremǽre weras forþgewitene ðe swíðe feáwa manna á ongit

    that very few men ever hear of.

      Bt. 19; Fox 70, 13.
  • Wé oft ongytaþ ðæt áríseþ þeód wið þeóde

    we often hear of nation rising against nation,

      Blickl. Homl. 107, 27.
  • Eall ðæt hé oððe on gewritum oððe on ealdra manna sægenum ongeat (cognoverat), Bd. prep.

    ; S.

      471, 27.
  • Sumu ða ðe ic sylf ongitan

    (cognoscere)

    mihte þurh gesægene,
      S. 472, 30.
  • Ne mæg ic náne cwica wuht ongitan . . . ðe ungenéd lyste forweorpan

    si animalia considerem . . . nihil invenio, quod, nullis extra cogentibus, ad interitum sponte festinet,

      Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 13.
  • Miht ðú ongitan hwæðer ðú áuht ðé deórwyrþre habbe ðonne ðé sylfne

    do you know whether you have anything more precious to you than yourself?

      11, 2; Fox 34, 9.
  • VI. to perceive, understand :-- Ǽlc ðæra ðe Godes word gehýrþ and ne ongitt

    (intelligit),

      Mt. Kmbl. (MS. A. ) 13, 19.
  • Ongyte (ongete,

      Lind. ) gé ealle ðás þing? Ð á cwǽdon hig: Wé hit ongytaþ, 13, 51.
  • Ne ongyte gé gyt

    nondum intellegitis ?

      Mk. Skt. 8, 21.
  • Onfindaþ ðæt and ongeotaþ

    intelligite,

      Ps. Th. 93, 8.
  • Ðý læs hig mid heortan ongyton (ongeton, Rush. )

    ne corde intelligant,

      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 15.
  • Hié hiora

    (books)

    nánwuht ongiotan (ongietan,
      Cott. MSS. ) ne meahton, Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 12.
  • Ðæt wé ðý geornor ongietan meahton lácen, ðæt se fugel þurh bryne beácnaþ. Exon. Th. 236, 13 ; Ph. 573.
  • Ongeotan,

      Blickl. Homl. 15, 13 : 131, 23 : 105, 28.
to recognise, know,
to take a person or
thing to be what it really is
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  • Gif ðú sóðne God lufast and ongietest gǽsta hleó,

      245, 23 ; Jul. 49.
  • Wið ðæs ðú wilt higian ðon ǽr ðe ðú hine ongitest

    towards that thou wilt strive as soon as thou dost recognise it,

      Bt. ll, 2 ; Fox 34, 8.
  • Se man ðe swereþ man and eft his gilt onget,

      Lev. 5, 4: Met. 22, 16.
  • Ða neát ongitaþ hira góddénd

    the brutes know their benefactors.

      Elen. Kmbl. 717; El. 359.
  • Hé Godes good on ðære his dǽde ongeat

    he recognised the goodness of God in that deed of his,

      Blickl. Homl. 215, 33.
  • Witon wé ðæt úre Drihten mid ús wæs on ðæm scipe, and wé hine ne ongeáton,

      235, 22.
  • Ongytaþ Godes mildheortnesse seó is nú mid ús geworden

    recognise in this the mercy of God that has been now shewn to us,

      235, 20.
  • Ne mé ǽnig ongitan wolde

    non erat qui agnosceret me,

      Ps. Th. 141, 4.
  • Ðéh ic engla þeóden ongitan ne cúðe,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1802 ; An. 903.
  • Nú wé mágon ongytan hwæt ðæt gerýne getácnaþ

    now we know what the mystery means,

      Blickl. Homl. 17, 13.
  • Wé mágon ongytan on ðæm úre tydran gecynd

    we may see in that (the temptation of Christ by the devil) our weak nature,

      33, 35 : 95, 11.
  • Ne mæg ic fullíce ongitan æfter hwæm ðú spyrast

    I don't quite know what you are asking for,

      Bt. 34, 9; Fox 148, 1.
  • Nú ðú hæfst ongyten ða wanclan treówa ðæs blindan lustes,

      7, 2 ; Fox 18, 2.
  • Heó (a woman dressed in man's clothes) wæs fram hire fæder ongitenu

    she was recognised by her father,

      Shrn. 31, 15.
to recognise a fact or
circumstance,
the fact stated in a clause
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  • Ðú ongitst ðætte ðú git hæfst ðone mǽstan dǽl ðínra gesǽlþa,

      Bt. 10 ; Fox 28, 6.
  • Ðonne ongit hé, hú lytel hé biþ,

      12, 1 ; Fox 60, 28.
  • Ðá se déma oncneów and ongæt, ðæt hé hine mid swinglan oferswíðan ne mihte,

      Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 1.
  • Oferswíðan ða men ðe hié ongeáton ðæt wiðer-wearde wǽron,

      Blickl. Homl. 135, 12.
  • Leóde ongéton, ðæt ðǽr Drihten cwom,

      Cd. Th. 183, 12; Exod. 90.
  • Hé wolde ðæt hé on ðon ongeáte, ðæt ðæt mon ne wæs, se ðe him ætýwde,

      Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 25.
  • Ic wundrige hwí ðú ne mǽge ongitan, ðæt ðú eart nú git swíðe gesélig,

      Bt. 10; Fox 28, 34.
  • Ðæt is tó ongytanne ðaet ácennede wǽron wæstmas gódra dǽda,

      Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 23.
  • Ðú hæfdest ongiten, ðæt mé selfum þúhte, ðæt ic hæfde forloren ðæt gecyndelíce gód,

      Bt. 35, 2. ; Fox 1, 56, 17.
  • Heó ongieten hæfde, ðæt heó eácen wæs,

      Exon. Th. 378, 3 ; Deór. 10.
the fact referred to by the pronoun
etæt
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  • Fýren wolc[en] ástáh of heofonum, and hit ymbsealde ealle ða ceastre. Mid ðý ðæt (

    the circumstance just related)

    ongeat
      Andreas, Blickl. Homl. 245, 32.
  • Hié ðaet ongeáton, ðæt hé leng mid him wunian nolde,

      135, 22.
the fact given by accus.,
with infin.
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  • Ðæt hié ongíeton mín mægen on ðé wesan,

      241, 14.
without infin.
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  • Hé ongeat Titum hwéne mon-þwǽrran ðonne hé sceolde, and Timotheus he ongeat hátheortran ðonne hé sceolde,

      Past. 40; Swt. 291, 21-23: Blickl. Homl. 219, 5.
  • Hit ongeat his láre swíðe tótorenne,

      Bt. 3, 1 ; Fox 4, 31.
  • Ðæt Mód sǽde ðæt hit hit ǽghwonan ongeáte scyldig (cf. Ic mé- ongite ǽghwonan scyldigne, 8 ; Fox 24, 13), tit. ; Fox 10, 19.
with the passive
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  • He wæs tó cinge ongyten

    he was recognised as king,

      Blickl. Homl. 71, 32.
  • Ðonne hé biþ ongieten æfstig,

      Past. 13; Swt. 79, 12.
to know (of sexual intercourse)
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  • Ic nǽnigne wer ne ongeat. Blickl. Homl. 7, 22.
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v. an-gitan.
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v.  andgitan an-gitan an-gytan.
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