Old English Dictionary Entry

Lítan

Part of speech: from lútan, as bígan from búgan

Definitions

1 definitions

1 lítan

to cause to bow, to bend, incline :-- Ðæt ingeþonc ǽlces monnes ðone líchoman lít ðider hit wile the mind of every man inclines the body whither it will, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 237; Met. 26, 119. litan

Similar Words

-lácian
-lafte
-laga
-lagol
-lagu(?)

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)

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