plættan
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plættan
. Add: [
N. E. D. plat
to smack.]
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Cite the scanned version of the original dicionary like this:- Toller, T. Northcote, and Joseph Bosworth. "plættan." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth : Supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921. 68.
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plættan
; p. te To give a sounding blow, to smack :-- Hí plætton hyne mid hyra handum dabunt ei alapas, Jn. Skt. 19, 3. [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.] v. eár-plættan and preceding word.
