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lǽlan

  • verb
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to become black and blue with blows, to be bruised
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  • Geseoh nú seolfes swæðe swá ðín swát ágeát blódige stíge líc lǽlan

    see now thy track, where thy blood hath poured forth, a bloody path, see thy body bruised,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2884
    • ;
    • An. 1445.
  • Kemble and Grimm read líclǽlan spots [of blood] on the body, on the body, but cf. lǽlian.
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v.  lǽl líc-lǽlan.
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