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lícettan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lícettan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§259; §657;
To feign, pretend, profess falsely, simulate
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  • Forðam seó orsorge wyrd simle líhþ and lícet ðæt mon scyle wénan ðæt beó is sió sóþe gesǽlþ

    illa [prospera fortuna] enim specie felicitatis, cum videtur blanda, mentitur,

    • Bt. 20
      • ;
    • Fox 70, 30
      • .

  • Oft ða unþeáwas leógaþ and lícettaþ ðæt hí síen góde þeówas

    plerumque vitia virtutes se esse mentiuntur,

    • Past. 20
      • ;
    • Swt. 149, 2
      • .

  • Hé lícette hine selfne ðæt hé wǽre ungeleáffull

    in se personam infidelium transfigurans,

    • 16, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 101, 8
      • .

  • Job lícette ðæt hé sceolde bión se héhsta god

    Jove feigned to be the supreme god,

    • Bt. 28, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 194, 13
      • .

  • Lícetton

    scemmatizarunt,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 49
      • .

  • Ðá lícettan hí fleám beforan him

    simulantibus fugam hostibus,

    • Bd. 4, 26
      • ;
    • S. 602, 19
      • .

  • Ðæt is wísdóm ðæt wís man lícette dysig

    it is wisdom for a wise man to feign folly,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 37.

  • Ðeáh hé líccete untrymnesse,

    • Ps. Th. 40, 9
      • .

  • Nelle wé mid leásungum ðyllíc líccetan

    we will not feign such things with falsehoods,

    • Homl. Skt. pref. 49
      • .

  • Monige sint ðe mon sceal wærlíce lícettan

    nonnulla prudenter dissimulanda sunt,

    • Past. 21, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 151, 13
      • .

  • Biþ gód tó licettanne suelce hé hit nyte

    it is good to make as if he did not know it,

    • 151, 9
      • .

  • Líccettende

    scemmatizans,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 70.

  • Ðus mid wordum líccetende

    offering the following pretext,

    • Homl. Th. i. 400, 18
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. líhizan simulare, fingere
].
Similar entries
v. ge-, leás-lícettan.
Linked entries
v.  líccettan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lícettan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21562.

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