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on-hagian

  • verb [ weak ]
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on-hagian, p. ode; v. impers. with dat. or acc. of pers. To be within a person's power or means, to be in accordance with a person's will or
convenience
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  • Eádig byþ se ðe ðam þearfan gefultumaþ, gif hine tó onhagaþ (

    if it be in his power

    ); gif hine ne onhagaþ, ðonne ne lícaþ him his earfoþu,
      Ps. Th. 40, 1.
  • Mé ne onhagaþ nú ða bóc ealle tó asmæáganne,

      Shrn. 200, 22.
  • Ðonne hit (the mind) onhagaþ tó ðǽm úteran

    si facultas exterior suppetat,

      Past. 53, 6; Swt. 17, 13.
  • Ne anhagode heora cyninge ðæt hé wið hió mehte búton fæstenne gefeohtan. Ors. 4,

      5; Swt. 168, 21.
  • Hié hergodon ǽghwǽr be ðam sǽ ðǽr hié onhagode (

    wherever it suited them

    ),
      Chr. 918; Erl. 102, 25.
  • Ðá seó fyrd gesomnod wæs ðá ne onhagode heom ðártó búton ðæt wǽre ðæt se cyng ðǽr mid wǽre

    they would not be satisfied unless the king were there too,

      1016; Erl. 153. 27.
  • Ðæra hálgena þrowunga ðe mé tó onhagode on Englisc tó áwendene

    that I have had the opportunity of translating into English,

      Homl. Skt. i. pref. 37.
  • Gelǽste binnan twelf mónþum búton hire ǽr tó onhagige

    unless it be convenient to pay earlier,

      L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 17.
  • Gif hine tó swá mycelum ne onhagige

    si tantum facultatis ei non suppetat,

      L. Ecg. P. iv. 60; Th. ii. 222, 3.
  • Gif hine onhagige (

    si facultatem habeat

    ), gefreóge ǽnne man, ii.
      24; Th. ii. 192, 12: L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 9-12: Homl. Th. i. 180, 12.
  • Ðone dǽl ðe him to onhagige,

      398, 17.
  • Gif ðé onhagige, ðæt ðú hit (

    the law

    ) healdan mǽge, far ðú in; gif ðé ne onhagige, far ðé freoh ðider ðú wille,
      R. Ben. 97, 23.
  • Ða hýrsumnesse beginne ðeáh hine hwón onhagige

    though he have little power (or inclination ),

      128, 19.
  • Gif mon tó gódum weorcum ne onhagie habban gódne willan

    if people have not the means for good works, let them have good will,

      Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 10.
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v.  an-hagian ge-hagian hagian.
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