leccan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lakjaną (“to water, wet, irrigate”), causative of Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak”). Cognate with Old High German lecchen, lehhan (“to drain, become dry”), German lechzen (“to be parched, thirst for, long for”), German lecken (“to leak”), Dutch lekken (“to leak”), Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”), Old English lacu (“pond, stream, lake”). More at lake.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlet.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

leċċan

  1. to water, irrigate; wet, moisten
  2. to slake

Conjugation
Conjugation of leċċan (weak class 1)
infinitive leċċan tō leċċenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular leċċe lehte
2nd-person singular leċest lehtest
3rd-person singular leċeþ lehte
plural leċċaþ lehton
subjunctive present past
singular leċċe lehte
plural leċċen lehten
imperative
singular leċe
plural leċċaþ
participle present past
leċċende (ġe)leht

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: *lecchen, *lechen
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