"onbæc" meaning in Old English

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Adverb

IPA: /onˈbæk/
Etymology: on + bæc Head templates: {{ang-adv}} onbæc
  1. backwards, back Synonyms: underbæc
    Sense id: en-onbæc-ang-adv-nDPSz9K- Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "abak"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: abak, obak, abac\nEnglish: aback\nScots: aback, a-back",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: abak, obak, abac\nEnglish: aback\nScots: aback, a-back"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "on + bæc",
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After that, many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.",
          "roman": "Siþþan maniġe his leornungcneohta ċierdon onbæc and lenġ ne ēodon mid him.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:66",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.",
          "roman": "Nān mann þe his hand āsett on his sulh and onbæc besihþ nis andfenġe Godes rīċe.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 9:62",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "backwards, back"
      ],
      "id": "en-onbæc-ang-adv-nDPSz9K-",
      "links": [
        [
          "backwards",
          "backwards"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "underbæc"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/onˈbæk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "onbæc"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: abak, obak, abac\nEnglish: aback\nScots: aback, a-back"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "on + bæc",
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    {
      "args": {},
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        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Pages with entries"
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        {
          "english": "After that, many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.",
          "roman": "Siþþan maniġe his leornungcneohta ċierdon onbæc and lenġ ne ēodon mid him.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:66",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.",
          "roman": "Nān mann þe his hand āsett on his sulh and onbæc besihþ nis andfenġe Godes rīċe.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 9:62",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "backwards, back"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "backwards",
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        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/onˈbæk/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "underbæc"
    }
  ],
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}

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