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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn.
Pronunciation
Verb
lōcian
- to look, see; gaze
Lōca þū on mīne ansīene þonne þū mē tō spricst.- Look at my face when you speak to me.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
...and hēo wæs swīþe fæġer on tō lōcianne...- ...and it was very beautiful to look at.
- The Dialogue of Adrian and Ritheus
Ic ðē secge, for ðām ðe hēo lōcað ufan on helle.- I tell thee, because it looketh down on hell.
- to observe, regard, take heed
Sē cyning lōcode on his witan.- The king regarded his advisors.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Lōca nū þæt þū ofergemet ne wilnige, nū ðū hī tōgædere metest. Woldest þū cunnan God swā swā Alipius?- Look to it now that thy desire be not beyond measure, now that thou comparest them together. Wouldst thou know God just as thou dost Alypius?
- to look to; to belong, pertain
Ne lōcaþ þēs intinga nā tō unc, frēond mīn.- This matter doesn't pertain to us at all, my friend.
- to determine something by looking (with interrogative pronoun)
Þā lōcode sē lǣċe tō hire, hwæþer hēo sēoc wǣre.- Then the doctor looked at her to determine whether she was sick.
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Descendants
- Middle English: loken, lokan, locen, locan, lokken, locken, luken, lukken (chiefly N & NM), lokien, lokiæn, lokin, locian (S & K & SM, chiefly early)