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Plyccan

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1 plyccan

p. plyhte. To pluck, pull :-- Plicet (for t instead of þ in the inflexion see stirgit, 391, 30, geþwǽrat, 397, 439, fordyttat, 398, 95) adludit (ut vitulum lupus rapturus adludit prius), Germ. 397, 20. Ðonne þú setrægel habban wille, þonne plice þú ðíne ágene gewéda mid twám fingrum, tóspréd þíne twá handa and wege hí swylce þú setl gesydian wille, Tech. ii. 122, 17. Gylecan tácen is þæt þú strece forð þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, 127, 15. [N. E. D. plitch.]
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ᛈᛚᚣᚳᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc