Lǽlan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - lǽlan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- lǽlan
- to become black and blue with blows, to be bruised :-- Geseoh nú seolfes swæðe swá ðín swát ágeát blódige stíge líc lǽlan see now thy track, where thy blood hath poured forth, a bloody path, see thy body bruised, Andr. Kmbl. 2884; An. 1445. Kemble and Grimm read líclǽlan spots [of blood] on the body, but cf. lǽlian. lælan