Wleccan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wleccan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-wleccan; wlacian. wleccan

Definitions

1 wleccan

pp. wleced, wlecced, wleht To make lukewarm:--Wlece listum on wearmum glédum, Lchdm. ii. 26, 8: 30, 13. Wlece hyt eall tógadere, ðæt hyt wlæc beó, iii. 106, 2. Ǽlc wæter bið ðý unwerodre tó drincanne, æfter ðæm ðe hit wearm bið, gif hit eft ácólaþ, ðonne hit ǽr wǽre, ǽr hit mon ó ongunne wleccan, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 21.

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛚᛖᚳᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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