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pega

pega, ~ia, peia [AN pege, piege < pedica] , trap, snare, esp. for the foot. 1203 pro ~iis afferend’ de Hawvill’ usque Cadom’ RScacNorm II 560; c1250 peia de trappa inventa in bosco tendata cum tota corda SelPlForest 95; 1285 ad ponend’ ~as ad lupos capiend’ (v. 2 lupus 1a).

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