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plættan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
plættan, p. te
To give a sounding blow, to smack
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  • Hí plætton hyne mid hyra handum

    dabunt ei alapas,

      Jn. Skt. 19, 3.
Etymology
[He come plattinde (tramping, making a noise with the feet), Havel. 2282. Plette ; pl. hurried, 2613. His heued of he plette (struck), 2626. Plat, 2755. Platch to make a heavy noise in walking, with quick short steps, Jamieson's Dict. O. Du. platten, pletten : M. H. Ger. blatren, platren to strike noisily : Ger. platzen. Of onomatopoetic origin; cf. smack.]
Similar entries
v. eár-plættan and preceding word.
Linked entries
v.  ge-eárplættan.
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