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to lay down, deposit
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  • Hié hié selfe álecgeað on eorðan,

      Past. 157, 9.

  • Hé þá mancessas álegde in his ágene cyste,

      Gr. D. 63, 27.

  • Swá hwæt swá þǽr man on álegde,

      Bl. H. 127, 1.

  • Men feówer stánas on þǽre ilcan stówe álegdon,

      189, 15.

  • Ðeós geofu on heora heortan álegd wes,

      137, 4.

  • Álédne

    delatum (in sarcophago ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 50.
of the placing of material in construction,
to lay
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  • Hét Maxentius oferbricgian ðá eá mid scipum and syððan ðylian swá swá óðre bricge . . . hé ne gemunde ðǽre leásan bricge þe hé álecgan hét,

      Hml. Th. ii. 304, 21-27.
to lay aside, put off, away what is worn or carried
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  • Ðá áléde ic mínne kynegyrylan,

      Nar. 18, 1.

  • Heó álegde ꝥ pælmtwig þe heó ǽr onféng . . . and heó eác álegde hire hrægl,

      Bl. H. 139, 4-6.

  • Hé his beard áléde,

      Hml. S. 6, 228.

  • Álege þíne woruldlican gegyrlan,

      33, 81.

  • Deóplic dǽdbót bið ꝥ lǽwede man his wǽpna álecgan, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 17. III a.

    to lay aside, discontinue

    a practice :-- Þæt hí ne sceolon for manna ðwyrnysse heora bodunge álecgan,
      Hml. Th. ii. 232, 15.
fig.
to put down,
of persons, to cast down, overthrow, deprive of power or
life
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  • Se cásere áléde þone Godes feónd,

      Hml. S. 27, 60.

  • Tóbrýt ðás hǽðenan and álege hí mid swurdum,

      25, 273.

  • Álege hig

    depone eos,

      Ps. Spl. 58, 12.

  • Þeáh ðe þú þone líchaman álecge on deáðe,

      Hml. S. 36, 382.

  • Álýfed tó álecgenne hís fýnd,

      25, 684.

  • Álegd wéron ðá haldendo

    exterriti sunt custodes,

      Mt. L. 28, 4.
of things,
to suppress, abolish, put an end to
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  • Áléde Eádward cyng ꝥ heregyld,

      Chr. 1052; P. 173, 18.

  • Swylc geréfa swylc médsceat nime and óðres ryht þurh ꝥ álecge,

      Ll. Th. i. 222, 6.

  • Þæt hig his leásunga álecgon,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 45.

  • Unþeáwas álecgean,

      Chr. 1067; P. 201, 30.

  • Godes lof, geleáfan, wuldor álecgan,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 24: Hml. S. 16, 200: 25, 660.

  • Hé ne mihte ꝥ gafol álecgan þe heó gelǽstan sceolde

    he could not remit the tax that she had to pay,

      3, 181.

  • Álédum

    sedato,

      An. Ox. 50, 46.
Etymology
[Goth. us-lagjan: O. H. Ger. ar-leggen.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/38441.

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