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Old English
Etymology
From on- + tȳnan.
Pronunciation
Verb
ontȳnan
- to open, to loose, to free
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Þū ūs clypast tō ūrunm weġe, and ūs ġelēdest tō þǣre dura and ūs ðā untȳnst,...- Thou callest us back to our way, and leadest us to the door, and openest to us,...
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
...ac untīn mē þīne dura...- ...but open to me Thy door,...
- 10th century, Cynewulf, Elene, 1228–1231
- to disclose, reveal, display
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