Lícan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lícan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: lícend-líc; lícian. lican

Definitions

1 lícan

to please :-- Ne lícaþ him ðeáh his earfoþu his troubles do not please him, Ps. Th. 40, 1. Wel lícaþ Drihtne ða ðe hine him ondrǽdaþ beneplacitum est Domino super timentes eum, 146, 12. [Goth. leikan: O. H. Ger. líchén.]

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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