onælan

Meaning

1. to set fire to; kindle; ignite; light (a fire, lamp, etc.)

   On þām londum byð piperes genihtsumnys. Þone pipor þā nǣddran healdað on hyra ġeornfulnysse. Ðone pipor mon swā nimeð þæt mon þā stōwe mid fȳre onǣleð ⁊ ðonne ðā nǣddran of dūne on eorðan þæt hi flēoð; forðan sē pipor byð sweart. Fram Babilōnia ōð Persiam þā burh ðǣr sē pipor wēaxeð is þǣs lǣssan milgetǣles þe stadia hātte eahta hund mīla.

   In that land there is an abundance of pepper. In their eagerness, the snakes keep the pepper. To take the pepper, people light the place on fire, so that the snakes flee down into the earth; because of that, the pepper is black. From Babylon to the city of Persia where the pepper grows is eight hundred of the lesser miles known as stadia.

   Wonders of the East

2. to burn; burn up

3. to make hot; (by extension) to inflame; excite intense feeling; kindle passions

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