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ge-læccan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-læccan, -læccean; he -læcþ; p. he -læhte, pl. -læhton; pp. -læht
To take, catch, seize, apprehend, comprehend; capere, arripere, comprehendere
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  • Ðæt híg woldon hine gelæccean and to cyninge dón,

    • Jn. Bos. 6, 15
    • .
  • Híg gelæhton hys hand,

    • Gen. 19, 16
    • :
    • Mk. Bos. 9, 18
    • .
  • Ða Englisce men gelæhton of ðám mannon má . . .

    the English men captured of those men more . . . ,

    • Chr. 1087; Er1. 225, 26
    • .
  • Hwæt gelæhtest ðú

    quid cepisti,

    • Th. An. 22, 5
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  • Germanus gelæhte ðone pistol æt Gregories ǽrendracan and hine totær

    Germanus took the letter from Gregory's messenger and tore it to pieces,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 122, 29
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  • Hét sóna gelæccan Stranguilionem

    he bade seize Stranguilio at once,

    • Th. Apol. 25, 25
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  • Ðis þing ic gelæhte

    I have comprehended this thing;

    hanc rem apprehendi,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 24
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v.  ge-læht læccan.
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