ongean

See also: ongean-

Old English edit

onġēan

opposite
back
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and His Wife Basilissa"
  ...Beo se man ongean gelæd, for minum leofan iuliane...
  ...Let the man be led back, for my dear Julian's sake...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Numbers 14:3
  Nis ūs lā betere þæt wē būgen onġēan tō Ēgypta lande?
  Isn't it better for us to turn back to Egypt?
with
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost"
  On 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.
  In this present life the chosen appear few in comparison with the number of the reprobates, but when they shall be gathered to the eternal life, their number will be so manifold, that it will exceed, according to the prophet's saying, the number of the sand-grains.

onġēan (with dative or (giving sense of motion) accusative)

against (+dative)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul"
  Simon cwæð, "Ðu góda cyning, ne understenst ðu ðisra twegra manna gerēonunge onġēan mē.
  Simon said, "Thou good king, thou understandest not the plot of these two men against me.
against as in to oppose with hositility (+accusative)
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
  ...and we feohtan ne durston ongean ðone ormætan here..
  ...and we durst not fight against the overwhelming army,...

Middle English: agayn, again, ayain, ayen, anȝen
- English: again
- Geordie English: agyen
- Scots: again, agen, agin, agane, agayne, agyen; agean
- Yola: agyne