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  • Leóþwís (? lewis-, MS.) plega

    celeuma (v. gladung), idem et toma, i. leta cantatio,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 20.

  • Heora biscepas sǽdon þæt heora godas bǽdon ꝥ him man worhte anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón

    suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur,

      Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 12.
an implement for a game
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  • Geseah hé ǽnne nacodne cnapan geond þá strǽte yrnan, sé wæs mid ele gesmerod, and bær iungra manna plegan on handa,

      Ap. Th. 12, 17.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “plega.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/56921.

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