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Pliht

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m.: e ; f. Danger, damage :-- 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. ipericula, Ps. Surt. 114, 3. [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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