on, prep. w. dat. and acc., signifying primarily _touching on, contact with_: I. local, w. dat.: a) _on, upon, in at_ (of exterior surface): on hēah-stede (_in the high place_), 285; on mīnre ēðel-tyrf (_in my native place_), 410; on þǣm meðel-stede, 1083; so, 2004; on þām holmclife, 1422; so, 1428; on foldan (_on earth_), 1197; so, 1533, 2997; on þǣre medu-bence (_on the mead-bench_), 1053; beornas on blancum (_the heroes on the dapple-greys_), 857, etc.; on ræste (_in bed_), 1299; on stapole (_at, near, the pillar_), 927; on wealle, 892; on wāge (_on the wall_), 1663; on þǣm wæl-stenge (_on the battle-lance_), 1639; on eaxle (_on his shoulder_), 817, 1548; on bearme, 40; on brēostum, 552; on hafelan, 1522; on handa (_in his hand_), 495, 540; so, 555, 766; on him byrne scān (_on him shone the corselet_), 405; on ōre (_at the front_), 1042; on corðre (_at the head of, among, his troop_), 1154; scip on ancre (_the ship at anchor_), 303; þæt hē on heoðe ge-stōd (_until he stood in the hall_), 404; on fæder stǣle (_in a father's place_), 1480; on ȳðum (_on the waves, in the water_), 210, 421, 534, 1438; on holme, 543; on ēg-strēamum, 577; on segl-rāde, 1438, etc.; on flōde, 1367. The prep. postponed: Frēslondum on, 2358.--b) _in, inside of_ (of inside surface): secg on searwum (_a champion in armor_), 249; so, 963; on wīg-geatwum, 368; (reced) on þǣm se rīca bād (_in which the mighty one abode_), 310; on Heorote (_in Heorot_), 475, 497, 594, 1303; on bēor-sele, 492, 1095; on healle, 615, 643; so, 639, 1017, 1026, etc.; on burgum (_in the cities, boroughs_), 53; on helle, 101; on sefan mīnum (_in my mind_), 473; on mōde, 754; so, 755, 949, 1343, 1719, etc.; on aldre (_in his vitals_), 1435; on middan (in medio), 2706.--c) _among, amid_: on searwum (_among the arms_), 1558; on gemonge (_among the troop_), 1644; on þām lēod-scipe (_among the people_), 2198; nymðe līges fæðm swulge on swaðule (_unless the embracing flame should swallow it in smoke_), 783;--_in, with, touched by, possessing something_: þā wæs on sālum sinces brytta (_then was the dispenser of treasure in joy_), 608; so, 644, 2015; wæs on hrēon mōde, 1308; on sweofote (_in sleep_), 1582, 2296; hēo wæs on ofste (_she was in haste_), 1293; so, 1736, 1870; þā wæs on blōde brim weallende (_there was the flood billowing in, with, blood_), 848; (hē) wæs on sunde (_was a-swimming_), 1619; wæs tō fore-mihtig fēond on fēðe (_too powerful in speed_), 971; þǣr wæs swīgra secg ... on gylpsprǣce (_there was the champion more silent in his boasting speech_), 982;--_in; full of, representing, something_: on weres wæstmum (_in man's form_), 1353.--d) _attaching to_, hence _proceeding from; from something_: ge-hȳrde on Bēowulfe fæst-rǣdne ge-þōht (_heard in, from, B. the fixed resolve_), 610; þæt hē ne mētte ... on elran men mund-gripe māran, 753;--hence, with verbs of taking: on ræste genam (_took from his bed_), 122; so, 748, 2987; hit ǣr