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pliht

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
pliht, es ; m.: e ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§291; §387;
Danger, damage
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  • Mid micclan plihte

    cum magno periculo,

      Coll. Monast.Th. 26, 37.
  • Ne biþ ǽnig gewemmed líchama tó plihte (

    dangerously, harmfully

    ), gif hit ne lícaþ ðam móde,
      Homl. Skt. i. 9, 85.
  • Gyf hit (

    stolen property) on hýdelse funden sý, ðonne mæg ðæt forfangfeoh leóhtre beón, forðam [hit] biþ on læsse plihte (with less danger than when taken from the thief )

    begytan,
      L. Ath. iv. 6 ; Th. i. 226, 6.
  • Plihtas

    pericula,

      Ps. Surt. 114, 3.
Etymology
[Laym. pliht harm, danger; e. g. him muchel plihte ilomp (he was murdered), 4003: O. Frs. plicht periculum : O. H. Ger. pfligida periculum.]
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v.  pleoh.
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