plegan
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</b> add :-- Ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, Ap. Th. 13, 1. Add Mann dysig plegað mid handum homo stultus plaudet manibus, Scint. 95, 8
pleón
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with gen. To risk, expose to danger Se ilca David miclum his ágenes herges pleah (pleh, Cott. MSS.) the same David exposed his host to great danger, Past. 3, 2 ; Swt. 37, 7. Se ðe on ðæm gefeohte ðisses andweardan lífes nile suincan ne his selfes plión
pleoh
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Danger, hurt, peril, risk Nys ðæt nǽnig pleoh nullum ei est periculum, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 5. Swylce hit nán pleoh ne sý, ðæt se preóst libbe swá swá ceorl, L. Ælfc. C. 6; Th. ii. 344, 18 : Wulfst. 269, 28. Læsse pleoh byþ ðam men, ðæt hé flǽsces
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plegol
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Playful, sportive, jocose Hwílon wacodon menu ofer án deád líc, and ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæþ swylce for plegan, ðæt hé Swýðun wǽte, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 292
plett
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(?) A fold Óðre scíp ic hafo ða ðe ne sindun of ðisse pletta (from ðissum plette, Lind.) ... biþ ánn pletta (án plette, Lind.), Jn. Skt. Rush. 10, 16. In scípa plett ł locc in ouile ouium, Lind. 10, 1
plegol
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Add: in a bad sense, wanton Seó plegole (lasciua) geogoð þe byð hræd tó singienne, Chrd. 54, 22
pleoh
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Seó ceorung is swýðe mycel pleoh ꝥ man wið God ceorige, swá swá ús sǽde Paulus (cf. quidam murmuraverunt, et perierunt ab exterminatore, 1 Cor. 10, 10), Hml. S. 13, 288. Add
plóg
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A plough ; with this meaning the word occurs in Icel. and O. H. Ger., but in A. S. it seems to mean land, a plough of land (cf. Cath. Angl. p. 284 a ploghe of land carrucata. In the Tale of Gamelyn, the knight, bequeathing his estate says :-- ' Johan
pleg-líc
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Ðý pleglícan plegan scenica ludicra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 54. Ða pleglícan theatrales, 75, 17. Pleglícum palaestricis, gymnicis, Hpt. Gl. 405, 6, 9
pleg-hús
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A play-house, theatre Ðæs heofenlícan pleghúses coelestis theatri, Hpt. Gl. 447, 62
pleg-mann
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A player, athlete, wrestler Plegmanna gymnicorum, Hpt. Gl. 407, 39. Þurh plegemen ł gligmen ł gleáwe per gymnosophistas, 406, 72. Swilce wittige ł gleáwe leorneras ł plegmen velut sagaces gymnosophistas, 404, 78. Plegmen gimnosophistas, ðǽm wærstlícum
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pleg-scild
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A small shield Plegscylde pelta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 69. [Cf. lytel scyld pelta, ða læssan scyldas peltae, i. 35, 28, 59.] Truman pleigscelde tuta pelta, Hpt. Gl. 424, 38
pleg-scip
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A small ship, a yacht (?); parunculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 35, v. next word
pleg-stede
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A play-place On ðone plægstede; and of ðan plægstede, C. D. vi. 244, 8
pleg-stów
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pleg-stów
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A place for play, a gymnasium, wrestling-place, amphitheatre Oretstówe ł winstówe ł plegstówe scammatis, Hpt. Gl. 405, 41. Plegstówe amphitheatri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 13. On plegstówe (bleg-, MS.) oððe on wafungstówe andbidian hine gesihþ styrunge sume
pleg-lic
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Pleglican iocosos, Hpt. Gl. 481, 6. Add
plægi-word
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