Ge-óleccan, -lǽcan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-óleccan, -lǽcan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-óleccan, -lǽcan
Substitute: I. to caress, treat with gentleness:--God hwílon ús geólǽht, and hwílon eác beswingð, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 2. II. to flatter:--Þonne synfulle menn óðre heora gelícan mid derigendlicere herunge geólǽcað, Hml. Th. i. 494, 4. III. of things, to charm, allure:--Geólǽhte, gladode demulcet (blandimentorum lenitas), An. Ox. 3004. Swylce ðá woruldsǽlþa wǽron ðá hí ðé mǽst geólectan talis erat fortuna, cum blandiebatur, Bt. 7, 1; S. 15, 28. ge-oleccan
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