on-verse
/ˈɒnvəːs/Germanic Prosody
noun
The first half-line of a line of alliterative verse. Opposed to off-verse.
Origin
1930s. From on- + verse, after German Anvers. Compare off-verse.
- bear a resemblance (or similarity) to
- bear arms
- bear away
- bear-baiting
- bearberry
- bearcat
- bear claw
- beard
- bearded
- bearded collie
- bearded dragon
- bearded lizard
- bearded reedling
- bearded tit
- bearded vulture
- beardfish
- Beard, James
- beardless
- Beardmore Glacier
- bear down
- bear down on
- Beardsley, Aubrey
- beard the lion in his den (or lair)
- beardtongue
- beardy