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plega
/pleɣa /*
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plega
. II. add :-- 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 þ̵ him man worhte anfiteatra, þ̵ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 12. IV. an implement for a game :-- 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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plega
, an; m. I. play, quick movement :-- Plega gesticulatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 36. Plegan gestum, Hpt. Gl. 474, 10. II. play, (athletic) sport, game; often in poetry applied to fighting, see the compounds :-- Plega ludus, Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Som. 7, 30. Ðes plega hic jocus, 13; Som. 16, 27 : Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 30. Plaega palestra, ii. 116, 5. Mid ðám þiówum wæs on symbel mín plega hunt continuum ludum ludimus, Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 34 : Exon. Th. 46, 27 ; Cri. 743.
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