onhebban

Old English

Etymology

From on- +‎ hebban (“raise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonˌxeb.bɑn/, [ˈonˌheb.bɑn]

Verb

onhebban

1. to raise up, heave up, erect, lift up, exalt
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30‎^[1]:

     Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.

     When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.

2. to leaven
3. to begin
4. to take away, remove

Conjugation

Conjugation of onhebban (strong class 6)

infinitive	onhebban	onhebbenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	onhebbe	onhōf
second person singular	onhefest	onhōfe
third person singular	onhefeþ	onhōf
plural	onhebbaþ	onhōfon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	onhebbe	onhōfe
plural	onhebben	onhōfen
imperative
singular	onhefe
plural	onhebbaþ
participle	present	past
	onhebbende	onhæfen, onhafen, onhefen

Related terms

• hebban

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “onhebban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.