Ge-leccan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-leccan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-leccan
Dele last passage, and add: I. to moisten, irrigate land:--Geleht eorðe inrigata terra, Scint. 50, 14. Geleht lyftum, Met. 20, 98. II. to moisten the lips of a person, give drink to a person:--Gif hé hyne sylfne mid þǽm ǽspryngum Godes worda gelecð, and his mód mid þǽre swétnysse þæs gástlican gedrinces gefylleð, hé seleð þæs þonne dryncan his þyrstendum móde, Ll. Th. ii. 430, 5. ge-leccan
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