læccan

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lakkjan (“to seize”), from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną (“to grasp, seize”), evidently only attested in Old English, from Proto-Indo-European *lh₂g-ie-, which could be an isogloss shared with Ancient Greek λάζομαι (lázomai, “I seize, grasp”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

læċċan

  1. to grab (sometimes violently: snatch, catch, apprehend)

Conjugation

Conjugation of læċċan (weak class 1)
infinitive læċċan læċċenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular læċċe lǣhte
second person singular læċest lǣhtest
third person singular læċeþ lǣhte
plural læċċaþ lǣhton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular læċċe lǣhte
plural læċċen lǣhten
imperative
singular læċe
plural læċċaþ
participle present past
læċċende (ġe)lǣht

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: lacchen

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “lakjan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
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