"ongean" meaning in Old English

See ongean in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /onˈjæ͜ɑːn/ Forms: onġēan [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. Compare Old Saxon angegin, Middle Dutch entegen (Dutch entegen), Old High German ingegin (German entgegen). By surface analysis, on- + ġean. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|}} Proto-West Germanic [Term?], {{cog|osx|angegin}} Old Saxon angegin, {{cog|dum|entegen}} Middle Dutch entegen, {{cog|nl|entegen}} Dutch entegen, {{cog|goh|ingegin}} Old High German ingegin, {{cog|de|entgegen}} German entgegen, {{surf|ang|on-|ġean}} By surface analysis, on- + ġean Head templates: {{ang-adv|onġēan}} onġēan
  1. opposite
    Sense id: en-ongean-ang-adv-2fYsKtCt
  2. back
    Sense id: en-ongean-ang-adv-PEgjRvN1
  3. with
    Sense id: en-ongean-ang-adv-BpW1Y6ze
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: āġēan, onġeġn, onġæġn, onġēn

Preposition

IPA: /onˈjæ͜ɑːn/ Forms: onġēan [canonical], or (giving sense of motion) accusative [with-dative]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. Compare Old Saxon angegin, Middle Dutch entegen (Dutch entegen), Old High German ingegin (German entgegen). By surface analysis, on- + ġean. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|}} Proto-West Germanic [Term?], {{cog|osx|angegin}} Old Saxon angegin, {{cog|dum|entegen}} Middle Dutch entegen, {{cog|nl|entegen}} Dutch entegen, {{cog|goh|ingegin}} Old High German ingegin, {{cog|de|entgegen}} German entgegen, {{surf|ang|on-|ġean}} By surface analysis, on- + ġean Head templates: {{head|ang|preposition|head=onġēan|sort=}} onġēan, {{ang-prep|head=onġēan}} onġēan
  1. against (+dative)
    Sense id: en-ongean-ang-prep-IK7d2i1y
  2. against as in to oppose with hositility (+accusative)
    Sense id: en-ongean-ang-prep-XlDp71yA Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English prepositions, Old English terms prefixed with on-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 22 0 0 25 54 Disambiguation of Old English prepositions: 20 0 0 26 54 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with on-: 17 0 0 25 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 0 0 18 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 0 10 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: āġēan, onġeġn, onġæġn, onġēn, eft
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          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost\"\nOn ðisum andweardan life sind þa gecorenan feawa geðuhte onġēan getel þæra wiðercorenra, ac þonne hí to ðam ecan life gegaderode beoð, heora tel bið swa menigfeald, þæt hit oferstihð, be ðæs witegan cwyde, sand-ceosles gerím.",
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          "english": "...and we durst not fight against the overwhelming army,...",
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          "english": "...Let the man be led back, for my dear Julian's sake...",
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      "word": "eft"
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      "word": "onġēn"
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  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "ongean",
  "trace": ""
}

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