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plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
Wright's OE grammar
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  • Sum cild plegode gýmeleáslíce and bearn under ánum yrnendum hweóle,

      Hml. Th. ii. 26, 24.

  • Þá mǽdenu beforan þám leornungmannum hæfdon hí sylfe be handa heom betweónum and þá lange hwíle plegdon

    (diutius ludentes),

      Gr. D. 119, 14.

  • Hundas blegan gesihð, þanc hit getácnað

    canes ludere uiderit, gratiam significat,

      Lch. iii. 200, 27.
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  • Hí willað wódlíce drincan binnan Godes húse and bysmorlíce plegan (-ean, v. l.), Hml. S. 13, 77. II a.

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    :-- Hé sang beforan þám kásere scandlicu leóþ and plegode scandlice plegan,
      Shrn. 121, 10.

  • Æfter þisum forlét Apollonius þá hearpan and plegode, and fela fægera þinga forðteáh, Ap. Th. 17, 12. II b.

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    :-- Ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere,
      Ap. Th. 13, 1.
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  • Mann dysig plegað mid handum

    homo stultus plaudet manibus,

      Scint. 95, 8.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “plegan.” 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/56922.

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