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á-licgan

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Add: to be at an end, come to an end, be brought low
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  • Mín wynn álæg

    there was an end to my joy,

      Ps. Th. 119, 5.
  • Nó hira þrym álæg,

      An. 3.
  • Ful oft þǽr wíg ne álæg

    rarely did war cease,

      Vid. 119.
  • Symbel ne álégon

    feasts never failed,

      Reim. 5.
  • Álicgan heonan forð þá unlaga

    henceforth let there be an end of all bad laws,

      Ll. Th. i. 312, 13.
  • Þæt on his dagum sceolde rihtwísnes and wísdóm beón swá swíðe álegen (

    be brought so low

    ).
      Ps. Th. 11. arg.
  • Þǽr wearð heora anweald and heora dóm álegen

      , Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 34.
  • Wyrþ oft gódes monnes lof álegen (

    coarctabitur

    ).
      Bt. 18, 3; F. 64, 31.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ar-liggen deficere.]
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v. á-lecgan.
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v.  á-lecgan.
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