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Anglo-Saxon

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plæce

(n.)
Grammar
plæce, plæse, an: plæts, e; f.
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A place, an open space, a street In huommum ðara plæcena in angulis platearum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 5. On plæcum (on plætsa, Rush.) in plateas, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 10 : 14, 21. In plaecum in plateis, 13, 26. In plæcum (plæsum, Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 6,

Linked entries: plægi-word plæts

plæts

Similar entry: plæce

plætt

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Add: v. spor-(spur-)plætt

plætt

(n.)
Grammar
plætt, a sounding blow, a smack : in the compound
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eár-plætt Drihten ús sealde hǽlu þurh ðám eárplættum, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 25

Linked entries: eár-plætt spor-plætt

plægi-word

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
plægi-word, place-worþ

Similar entry: plæce

eár-plætt

(n.)
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a blow on the ear Eár [plættum] colaphis, An. Ox. 61, 58

spor-plætt

(n.)
Grammar
spor-plætt, es; m.

A kick(?)

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A kick(?) Spátlu spurplættas (eárplættas ?) bendas ðú þrowodest tu sputa, colaphos, vincula passus Hymn. Surt. 80, 1

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