Winter-lǽcan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

winter-lǽcan

p. lǽhte To draw near to winter:--Swá seó sunne súðor bið swá hit swíþor winterlǽcð the further south the sun is, the nearer are we to winter, Lchdm. iii. 252, 2. Ðá hit winterlǽhte, ða férde seó fyrd hám, Chr. 1006; Th. i. 256, 15. winter-læcan