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or-læg

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
or-læg, -leg, es; n. (?)
Fate
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  • Nó ic (Daniel) wið feohsceattum ofer folc bere Drihtnes dómas, ac ðé ( Belshazzar) unceápunga orlæg secge, worda gerýnu

    I will tell thee thy fate (by explaining the writing on the wall),

      Cd. Th. 262, 19; Dan. 746.
  • Hé ðonne á tô ealdre orleg dreógeþ he then for ever and ever undergoes his fate in hell (cf.

    Icel.

    drýgja örlög, to 'dree' one's 'weird'),
      Exon. Th. 446, 29 ; Dóm. 29.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ur-lag; m. fatum: Icel. ör-lög; n. pl. fate; also war.]
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v. or-lege.
Linked entries
v.  or-lege -læg.
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  • or-læg, n.