gelician

Old English

verb
Definitions
  • to delight, please; gladden; blissen
  • to seem good

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *galīkāną prefix from Old English līcian (please, be like, be sufficient, be pleasing).

Origin

Old English

līcian

Gloss

please, be like, be sufficient, be pleasing

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