Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hearm-plega

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-plega, an; m.

Strife

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Strife, Cd. 90; Th. 114, 2; Gen. 1898

stæf-plega

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-plega, an; m.

A letter-game ⬩ a literary game

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A letter-game or a literary game Staebplegan, staefplagan ludi litterari, ludi litterali, Txts. 72, 577. Stæfplegan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 17

pleg-mann

(n.)
Grammar
pleg-mann, es; m.
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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

Linked entry: plegere

hearpung

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Ceruerus ongan plegian wiþ hine for his hearpunga, 18: 33. Add:

ge-gaf-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gaf-sprǽc, e; f.

Idle ⬩ wanton ⬩ scoffing speech

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Men willaþ bysmorlíce plegian and mid gegafspræcum Godes hús gefýlan men will play shamefully and defile God's house with wanton speeches, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 357 note, 3

Linked entry: gaf-sprǽc

bismor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bismor-líce, bysmor-líce, bysmer-líce; adv.

Disgracefully, indecently, irreverently, contemptuously, reproachfully ⬩ probrose, indecore, inverecunde, contumeliose

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Hí willaþ, binnan Godes húse, bysmorlíce plegian they will play irreverently within God's house, L. Ælf. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 20.

Linked entries: bysmer-líce bysmor-líce bismer-líce

cild

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Ðá cild rídaþ on heora stafum and manigfealdne plegan plegiaþ, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 9. Gé sint giet cilderu, Past. 459, 17. Cildra pueri, R. Ben. I. 60, 16. Iung cildra lactantes, i. infantes, An. Ox. 2591. Cildas (cild, R.) parvoli, Mt. L. 19, 13.

pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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Wé eác wiernaþ úrum cildum úrra peninga mid tó plegianne pueris nummos subtrahimus, Past. 50, 4; Swt. 391, 27.

Linked entry: pending

stæf

(n.)
Grammar
stæf, es; m.

a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning

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Ða cild rídaþ on heora stafum, and manigfealdne plegan plegiaþ, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 9. Stafas vectes, Ps. Lamb. 106, 16. a written character, a letter, the old letters having been carved on staves. Cf.

Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft

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