† onseekv.

Forms: see on- prefix and seek v.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch aensoeken to ask for (Dutch aanzoeken ), Middle Low German ansōken to ask for, Middle High German anesuochen to ask for, to attack (German ansuchen to ask for) < the Germanic base of on- prefix + the Germanic base of seek v.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To seek or require something of (a person).With genitive of the thing required.

ΚΠ

OE Cynewulf Juliana 679 Þær xxx wæs ond feowere eac feores onsohte þurh wæges wylm wigena cynnes.

lOE Canterbury Psalter ix. 25 Irritavit dominum peccator secundum multitudinem irae suae non inquiret : gremedæ drihcten se synfullæ efter micelnesse uel mænigfeldnisse his yrres ne onsecð.

2. transitive. To attack, set upon.In quot. c1275² perhaps in sense ‘to pursue with hostile intent’.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)]

greetc893

overfallOE

riseOE

assail?c1225

to lay on or upon?c1225

onseekc1275

to set on ——c1290

infighta1300

saila1300

to go upon ——c1300

to turn one's handc1325

lashc1330

annoyc1380

impugnc1384

offendc1385

to fall on ——a1387

sault1387

affrayc1390

to set upon ——1390

to fall upon ——a1398

to lay at?a1400

semblea1400

assayc1400

havec1400

aset1413

oppressa1425

attachc1425

to set at ——c1430

fraya1440

fray1465

oppugn?a1475

sayc1475

envaye1477

pursue1488

envahisshe1489

assaulta1500

to lay to, untoa1500

requirea1500

enterprise?1510

invade1513

assemblec1515

expugn1530

to fare on1535

to fall into ——1550

mount1568

attack?1576

affront1579

invest1598

canvass1599

to take arms1604

attempt1605

to make force at, to, upon1607

salute1609

offence1614

strikea1616

to give a lift at1622

to get at ——1650

insult1697

to walk into ——1794

to go in at1812

to go for ——1838

to light on ——1842

strafe1915

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 2821 Heo wenden to beon sikere þeo Belin heom on sohte.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 8112 Hengest þuhte þat he walde mid al his mon-uerde, ȝif me on-sohte him, fleon in to Scotte.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 851 Fowre on-seken and fifue weren, Oc ðe fowre ðe fiue deren.

?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. (1940) 21071 (MED) Hoel him euer so forth on soght, Til he had him in seruage broght.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	onseek
释义	† onseekv. Forms: see on- prefix and seek v. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch aensoeken to ask for (Dutch aanzoeken ), Middle Low German ansōken to ask for, Middle High German anesuochen to ask for, to attack (German ansuchen to ask for) < the Germanic base of on- prefix + the Germanic base of seek v. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To seek or require something of (a person).With genitive of the thing required. ΚΠ OE Cynewulf Juliana 679 Þær xxx wæs ond feowere eac feores onsohte þurh wæges wylm wigena cynnes. lOE Canterbury Psalter ix. 25 Irritavit dominum peccator secundum multitudinem irae suae non inquiret : gremedæ drihcten se synfullæ efter micelnesse uel mænigfeldnisse his yrres ne onsecð. 2. transitive. To attack, set upon.In quot. c1275² perhaps in sense ‘to pursue with hostile intent’. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] greetc893 overfallOE riseOE assail?c1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 onseekc1275 to set on ——c1290 infighta1300 saila1300 to go upon ——c1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 annoyc1380 impugnc1384 offendc1385 to fall on ——a1387 sault1387 affrayc1390 to set upon ——1390 to fall upon ——a1398 to lay at?a1400 semblea1400 assayc1400 havec1400 aset1413 oppressa1425 attachc1425 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 fray1465 oppugn?a1475 sayc1475 envaye1477 pursue1488 envahisshe1489 assaulta1500 to lay to, untoa1500 requirea1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 assemblec1515 expugn1530 to fare on1535 to fall into ——1550 mount1568 attack?1576 affront1579 invest1598 canvass1599 to take arms1604 attempt1605 to make force at, to, upon1607 salute1609 offence1614 strikea1616 to give a lift at1622 to get at ——1650 insult1697 to walk into ——1794 to go in at1812 to go for ——1838 to light on ——1842 strafe1915 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 2821 Heo wenden to beon sikere þeo Belin heom on sohte. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 8112 Hengest þuhte þat he walde mid al his mon-uerde, ȝif me on-sohte him, fleon in to Scotte. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 851 Fowre on-seken and fifue weren, Oc ðe fowre ðe fiue deren. ?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. (1940) 21071 (MED) Hoel him euer so forth on soght, Til he had him in seruage broght. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.OE
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