"-on" meaning in Old English

See -on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -an [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} -on, {{ang-suffix}} -on
  1. Marks the plural preterite indicative of strong verbs. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -edon, -odon
    Sense id: en--on-ang-suffix-nA2-HXCf Categories (other): Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 5 1 0 5 4 3 5 5 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 4 5 4 3 4 2 5 4 3 3 2 3 0 2 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} -on, {{ang-suffix}} -on
  1. (rare) Alternative form of -en (suffix forming past participles) Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme, rare Alternative form of: -en (extra: suffix forming past participles)
    Sense id: en--on-ang-suffix-7KoS-tnz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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