eldertongue

Old English · adverb

on

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/on/
Syllables
on (1 syllable)

on1 · adverb

Senses

  1. from

on2 · preposition

Senses

  1. on, in, at, among

    On þǣm hūse

    In the house

  2. on, during

    On midne winter

    In mid-winter

  3. onto, into (to express allative motion or a change of state)

    Đā ġelǣredan ne beðurfon þyssera bōca, forðan ðe him mæġ heora āgen lār genihtsumian. Iċ cweðe nū þæt iċ næfre heonon forð ne āwende godspel oððe godspeltrahtas of Lēdene on Englisċ.

    The learned have no need of these books, for their own learning will suffice. I say now that henceforth, I will never translate a gospel or a gospel-commentary from Latin into English.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana. See Old English in for more.

Descendants

on

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