Lítan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lítan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: from lútan, as bígan from búgan Related words:

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

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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