lician

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.ki.ɑn/

Verb

līcian

  1. to like (impersonal, with dative subject)
    Is þæt for þon þe ūs eallum þū swā wel līcast?
    Is that because we all like you so much?
    Ne līciaþ mē weras mid swā miċelum earmum. Mē ofþyncþ.
    I don't like men with such big arms. I'm sorry.
  2. to please, appeal to (+ dative)

Conjugation
Conjugation of līcian (weak class 2)
infinitive līcian līcienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular līciġe līcode
second person singular līcast līcodest
third person singular līcaþ līcode
plural līciaþ līcodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular līciġe līcode
plural līciġen līcoden
imperative
singular līca
plural līciaþ
participle present past
līciende (ġe)līcod

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: liken, likin, likien, licen, licien
    • English: like
    • Scots: like
    • Yola: lick, licke, lik

See also

Welsh

Verb

lician (not mutable)

  1. Alternative form of leician
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