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a-lecgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-lecgan, -lecgean; he -legeþ, -legþ, -lehþ, pl. -lecgaþ; p. -legde, -léde , pl. -legdon, -lédon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. trans. [a from, lecgan to lay] .
to place, lay down, throw down, suppress, lay aside, cease from; ponere, collocare, prosternere, deponere, abjicere, relinquere, omittere
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  • Alecgan hine

    to lay him down,

    • Lk. Bos. 5, 19
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    • Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 25
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  • He mec on þeóstre alegde

    he laid me in darkness,

    • Exon. 28b; Th. 87, 11
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    • Cri. 1423
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    • Beo. Th. 4395
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    • B. 2194: 67
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    • B. 34: 6273
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    • B. 3141
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  • He hond alegde

    he laid down the hand,

    • 1673;
    • B. 834
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  • Hie alédon hine

    they laid him down,

    • Rood Kmbl. 125
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    • Kr. 63
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    • Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 31
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  • Híg gemetton ðæt cild on binne aléd

    invenerunt infantem positum in præsepio.

    • Lk. Bos. 2, 16: 19, 20
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  • Hý hleahtor alegdon

    they laid laughter aside,

    • Exon. 35a; Th. 116, 1
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    • Gú. 200
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    • Beo. Th. 6033
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    • B. 3020: 1707
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    • B. 851
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  • Híg alédon ða to hys fótum

    projecerunt eos adpedes ejus,

    • Mt. Bos. 15, 30
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  • Híg alédon heora fýnd

    they threw down their enemies,

    • Jos. 10, 13
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  • Unriht alecgan

    to suppress injustice,

    • L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 8
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  • Alecgende word ðæt is deponens verbum, for ðan ðe he legþ him fram ða áne getácnunge, and hylt ða óðre. Ða alecgendlícan word getácniaþ dǽde deponentia verba significant actum, swá swá activa; ac hí ge-endiaþ on or, swá swá passiva, — ic wraxlige luctor, ic sprece loquor, hér is dǽd a deponent verb is so called in Latin, because while it keeps its passive inflections it has deposed or laid aside its passive signification, and has only an active meaning; as the Latin luctor = ic wraxlige I wrestle; loquor=ic sprece I speak, here is action,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 54-57
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to impose, inflict upon; imponere, immittere
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  • Ðú woldest on me wrohte alecgean

    thou wouldest inflict calamity upon me,

    • Cd. 127; Th. 162, 21
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    • Gen. 2684
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to diminish, take away, refuse; imminuere, deprimere, reprimere
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  • Godes lof alecgan

    to diminish God's glory,

    • Ælfc. T. 22, 20
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  • He nǽfre ða leán alegeþ

    he never refuseth the reward,

    • Exon. 33b; Th. 107, 23
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    • Gú. 63
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v.  a-léd a-lédon a-legde a-lege.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-lecgan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1451.

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