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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną.
Pronunciation
Verb
līcian
- to like (impersonal, with dative subject)
Is þæt for þon þe ūs eallum þū swā wel līcast?- Is that because we all like you so much?
Me līcaþ sē snāw for þon þe hē dēþ þā burg stille- I like the snow because it makes the town quiet.
- to please, appeal to (+ dative)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: liken, like, liki, likie, liky, lyke, lyken, lyky, licen, licien, likien, likin, lykie, lykyen (Early Middle English)
See also
Welsh
Verb
lician (not mutable)
- Alternative form of leician