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lácan

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Wright's OE grammar
§511; §512;
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to delude, trick
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  • Óðer gást lǽdeð hine and lǽceð (læceð? v. læccan) and geond land spaneð,

      Sal. 496.
  • Swilce þá woruldsǽlþa wǽron rihte þá hí ðé mǽst geóleccan swilce hí nú sindon, þeáh þe hý þé liólcen (óleccan, v. l.) on þá leásan sǽlþa

    fortuna talis erat, cum blandiebatur, cum tibi falsae illecebris felicitatis alluderet,

      Bt. 7, 2; F. 18. 2.
  • Cf. for-, ge-lácan, and Icel. leika to delude.
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