lácan
- verb [ strong ]
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Ic láce mid winde
I wave about with the wind,
- Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 17; Rä. 31, 1.
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Sum láceþ on lyfte
one swings in the air [of the man who is hung on a tree ],
87 b;- Th. 328, 25; Vy. 23.
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Is ðæt frécne stream ýða ofermǽta ðe wé hér on lácaþ
perilous is the stream, huge the waves, on which here we toss,
20 a;- Th. 53, 24; Cri. 855.
- Hie ofer feorne weg ceólum lácaþ Andr. Kmbl. 506; An. 253.
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Fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiðrum
birds which slowly through the air move with their pinions,
- Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 7; Ph. 316.
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Brondas lácaþ on ðam deópan dæge fires shall flame up on that solemn day [cf. to play applied to flame, and
Icel.
logi lék um þá v. Cl. and Vig. Dict. leika II. 2], 116 b; Th. 448, 23; Dóm. 58. -
Ða ðe lácaþ ymb eaxe ende
those stars that revolve about the pole,
- Bt. Met. Fox 28, 44; Met. 28, 22.
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Leólc on lyfte
he took his flight through the air [of the lost angel who was to tempt Adam ],
- Cd. 23; Th. 29, 10; Gen. 448: Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 15; Rä. 57, 8.
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Hé leólc ofer laguflód
he bounded o'er the water,
75 b;- Th. 283, 2; Jul. 674.
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Fugel uppe sceal lácan on lyfte
up in the air must the bird wing its flight,
- Menol. Fox 537; Gn. C. 39.
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Hwylc hyra [
the seraphim
] néhst mǽge nergende flihte lácan, Exon. 13 b; Th. 25, 11; Cri. 399. -
Ðú meahtes ofer rodorum feðerum lácan, feor up ofer wolcnu windan,
- Bt. Met. Fox 24, 17; Met. 28, 9.
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Heofonfuglas ða ðe lácende geond lyft faraþ,
- Exon. 55 a; Th. 194, 24; Az. 144: Beo. Th. 5657; B. 2832: Elen. Kmbl. 1797; El. 900.
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Lagu lácende
the tossing waves,
- Andr. Kmbl. 873; An. 437.
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Lácende líg
the leaping flame,
- Cd. 197; Th. 246, 8; Dan. 476: Exon. 31 a; Th. 97, 23; Cri. 1595: Elen. Kmbl. 1156; El. 580: 2219; El. 1111.
- Beo. 5689; B. 2848.
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Hió dumb wunaþ hwæðre hyre is on fóte fæger hleóþor; wrætlíc mé þinceþ hú seó wiht mǽge wordum lácan þurh fót neoþan
dumb does it dwell, yet in its foot bath a fair voice; wondrous it seems to me how the wight can play with words by its foot from below,
- Exon. 108 b; Th. 414, 13; Rä. 32, 19.
Bosworth, Joseph. “lácan.” 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/20878.
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