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on-bæcling

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Wright's OE grammar
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of motion,
of retreat
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  • Gong on bæclinc ł bihionda mec

    uade retro me,

      Mk. R. 8, 33.
  • Monige ðegnas his fromfoerdun onbæcling (-bæcc-,

      L. ), Jn. R. 6, 66.
of reversing one's direction
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  • Ymbcerred wæs onbæclinc (-bægcling. L.)

    conuersa est retrorsum,

      Jn. R. 20, 14.
of position or attitude.
at one's back
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  • Þá gehýrde ic ðone biscop mé onbæcgling (-bæclinga (-ea, -e), v. ll.) cweðan

    audiui episcopum post tergum mihi dicentem,

      Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 576, 16.
  • Þá gehýrde ic swég mé onbæcling

    audio post terga sonitum,

      5, 12; Sch. 620, 3.
with the back towards a person
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  • Onbæcling gewend

    with the back turned towards her,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 218.
of recurrence to a subject
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  • Eft ł eft on bæcgling

    rursum,

      Mt. p. 3, 8.
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