licettan

Old English

Alternative forms

• līċċetan

Etymology

From a hypothetical Proto-Germanic *līkatjaną. Related to Old High German līhhezzen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.t͡ʃet.tɑn/

Verb

līċettan

1. to pretend, fake
   • The Old English Distichs of Cato

     Þæt is wīsdōm þæt wīs mann līċette dysiġ.

     It is wise for a wise person to pretend to be foolish.

2. to flatter

Conjugation

Conjugation of līċettan (weak class 1)

infinitive	līċettan	līċettenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	līċette	līċette
second person singular	līċetst	līċettest
third person singular	līċett, līċet	līċette
plural	līċettaþ	līċetton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	līċette	līċette
plural	līċetten	līċetten
imperative
singular	līċete
plural	līċettaþ
participle	present	past
	līċettende	(ġe)līċeted, (ġe)līċett, (ġe)līċet

Synonyms

• hīwian

Derived terms

• līċettung
• līċettere

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “licettan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.