lician

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līkijaną. Compare Old High German līhhēn, Old Norse líka.

Verb

līcian

  1. to please; to conform to (someone's wishes)
    Mē þīn mōdsefa līcað leng swā wēl, lēofa Bēowulf·: Your spirit and heart me pleases so well the longer (I know them), dear Beowulf; (Beowulf)
  2. to suffice, be sufficient
  3. to like

Conjugation
Conjugation of līcian (weak class 2)
infinitive līcian tō līcienne
indicative present past
1st-person singular līcie
līciġe		 līcode
2nd-person singular līcast līcodest
3rd-person singular līcaþ līcode
plural līciaþ
līciġaþ		 līcodon
subjunctive present past
singular līcie
līciġe		 līcode
plural līcien
līciġen		 līcoden
imperative
singular līca
plural līciaþ
līciġaþ
participle present past
līciende
līciġende		 (ġe)līcod

Derived terms

Descendants

Welsh

Verb

lician

  1. Alternative form of leician
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