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ge-licgan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.
to lie, lie near, together; jacere, adjacere, conjacere
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  • Mægen-stán him on middan geligeþ

    a huge stone lies in the middle of it,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 5, 32
    • ;
    • Met. 5, 16
    • .
  • Stedewangas strǽte gelicgaþ

    fixed plains lie near the road,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 668
    • ;
    • An. 334
    • .
  • On ðæm gelæg

    in quo jacebat,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 25
    • .
  • Ðá heó ðǽr on gelegen wæs

    when she had lain down there,

    • Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 23
    • .
to lie down, fail, cease, loiter, delay; deficere, cessare
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  • Windblond gelæg

    the wind-storm ceased,

    • Bon. Th. 6284
    • ;
    • B. 3146
    • .
  • Ne mihte se níþ betwux him twám gelicgean

    the strife between the two could not be appeased,

    • Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 75. 36
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