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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
      • .

  • Hí 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.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “læccan.” 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/20908.

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