Sliccan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sliccan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: slic[c]. sliccan

Definitions

1 sliccan

to strike, slap cf. colloquial lick = to beat. Halliwell gives slick as an Oxfordshire word for a blow, slap :-- Se ðe his wiel slicþ slieþ, slihþ mid girde qui percusserit servum suum virga, Ex. 21, 20. Gif men cídaþ and hira óðer his néxtan mid fýste slicþ, and hé dead ne biþ . . . hé biþ unscildig, ðe hine slóh, 21, 18-19. Gif hwilc slicþ eacniende wíf, 21, 22.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛚᛁᚳᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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