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lecgan

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Wright's OE grammar
§7; §47; §55; §156; §254; §259; §272; §273; §276; §319; §321; §527; §643;
Under
dele 'L. Eth.',
and add:
to cause to take a horizontal position
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  • Swá swá gód scipstýra hǽt fealdan ꝥsegl and eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 15. I a. to fell a person,

    slay

    :-- Gif hine hwá lecge binnan þǽm fyrste,
      Ll. Th. i. 222, 29.

  • Wé rídan ealle tó . . . and þone þeóf lecgean,

      236, 18.

  • Búton hé hine werian wolde . . . ꝥ hine man þonne léde,

      240, 30.
to deposit.
to place in a position of rest on the ground or other sup-porting surface, place in a receptacle
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  • Ðá lác ðe mon on ðæt weóbud legde,

      Past. 219, 6.

  • Wé bóca tóbrǽddon and on bearm lægden,

      Sal. 431.

  • Ðió mengu giwédo hiora legdun on woeg,

      Mk. R. L. 11, 8.

  • Nim sume tigelan and lege beforon ðé,

      Past. 161, 3.

  • Sete ðín wín and lege ðínne hláf ofer ryhtwísra monna byrgenne

    panem tuum et vinum super sepulturam justi constitue,

      327, 1.

  • Lecge man ꝥ ísen uppan þám stapelan,

      Ll. Th. i. 226, 28.

  • Gif man óðer wǽpn gedreóhlíce lecge þǽr hig stille mihton beón,

      418, 6.

  • Hét se cásere lecgan Georium innon ðone hwær,

      Hml. S. 14, 106.
to deposit in the grave, bury
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  • Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscriftscíre elles hwár lecge,

      Ll. Th. i. 308, 6.

  • Sleá hine man and on fúlan lecge,

      396, 17.
to lay an egg, Lch, iii. 204, 30 (
in Dict.).
to deposit a pledge,
a material pledge
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  • Æt cynges spǽce lecge man .VI. healfmearc wedd,

      Ll. Th. i. 296, 25.

  • Sette mon inborh oþþe underwed lecge,

      356, 10: 352, 8.
a verbal pledge
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  • Hé forbeád him ǽlc wedd tó syllanne, bútan þysan wedde þe hé úp on Crístes weófod léde . . . 'Ic þreó þing beháte . . . ', Ll. Lbmn. 214, 26. (4 α)

    to deposit

    something as pledge :-- Gif hwá þeóf clǽnsian wylle, lecge án .C. tó wedde.
      Ll. Th. i. 296, 7.
lecgan in
to put into the possession of, assign to
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  • Ðá land ðe hig ðider in lecgeað,

      Cht, Th. 370, 25 (in Dict.).
to place, set, apply.
to place close to,
place on
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  • Wið tóþwærce, gebærn hwít sealt, . . . gegníd eal tósomne, lege on,

      Lch. ii. 50, 23: 64, 1, and often: [Gen. 2336: Rä. 4, 14; Chr. 1083; P. 205, 22 : Gen. 21, 7 in Dict.
    ]. (1 a)

    to annex, attach

    :-- Lagiað góde woroldlagan, and lecgað þǽr tóeácan, þæt úre crístendóm fæste stande,
      Wlfst. 274, 7.
to lay before, bring to the notice of, Gen. 31, 37 (
in Dict.).
with object denoting a member of the body,
    Rä. 78, 4
(
in Dict.).
to bring forward as a charge
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  • Ꝥ hé móste hine betellan æt ǽlc þǽra þinga þe him man on léde,

      Chr. 1048; P. 175, 3.
to impose as a burden, Past. 293, 17: Gú. 685 : Chr. 1052; P. 178, 2 : 1064; P. 190, 24 (
in Dict.).
to dispose or
arrange over a surface.
to place in a proper or designed condition
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  • Ic lecge grundweall

    f undo

    ,
      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 220, 1.

  • Ðǽr mon ðone grundweall on lecgge,

      Past. 308, 4.

  • Þá hét hé hí bindan and on balcan lecgan,

      Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 54, 3.
to fix as a covering
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  • Ꝥ nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld,

      Ll. Th. i. 208, 10.
with non-material object, to establish a law,
lay down a principle
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  • Hé sætte mycel deórfrið, and hé lægde laga þǽr wið,

      Chr. 1086; P. 221, 6.
to direct one's steps, Seef. 57: Gen. 2536: 2400 (in Dict.). (4 a) intrans. (v.
N. E. D. lay; 43) on lást lecgan to follow
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  • Wesseaxe forð ondlongne dæg on lást legdun láþum þeódum,

      Chr. 937; P. 108, 3.
Similar entries
v. for-lecgan; on-lecgende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/54425.

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