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læccan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht
Wright's OE grammar
§55;
To take, grasp, seize, catch, apprehend, capture
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  • Lǽdeþ hine and læceþ and hine geond land spaneþ

    leadeth and taketh him, and through the land lures him,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 989
    • ;
    • Sal. 496
    • .
  • læccaþ of manna begeatum hwæt hí gefón mágen eallswá gýfre hremnas of holde dóþ

    they seize of men's gettings what they can grasp, just as greedy ravens do from a corpse,

    • L. I. P. 19
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 328, 4
    • .
  • Hí gærs ǽton georne and ǽlc læhte of óðrum gif hé hwæt litles hæfde

    they eagerly ate grass, and each seized from the other, if he had any little bit,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 10
    • .
  • Heora ǽgðer uppon óðerne túnas bærnde and eác menne læhte

    in their struggle they burned one another's towns and captured one another's men,

    • Chr. 1094
    • ;
    • Erl. 230, 13
    • .
  • Ðætte ðióstro iuih ne læcga

    ut non tenebræ vos compræhendant,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 35
    • .
  • Allswǽ tó þeáfe gié foerdon mið suordum and stengum tó læccanne mec

    tam- quam ad latronem existis cum gladiis et lignis comprehendere me,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 48
    • .
  • Ðæt wíf wearþ ðá læht and gelǽd tó ðam cininge

    sublata est mulier in domum Pharaonis,

    • Gen. 12, 15
    • .
Etymology
[
Orm. to lacchenn þurrh trapp; bikahht and lahht (pp.)
:
A. R. lecche; p. lahte
:
O. and N. grine þe for to lacche
:
Piers P. to lacche foules; p. lauȝte
:
Gen. and Ex. lagt pp.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-læccan.
Linked entries
v.  on-leccan leccan.
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