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leccan

leccan

Old English

Verb

leccan

  1. to water, irrigate; wet, moisten
  2. to slake

Conjugation

Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lakjaną ‎(“to water, wet, irrigate”), causative of Proto-Germanic *lekaną ‎(“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg(')- ‎(“to leak”). Cognate with Old High German lecchen, lehhan ‎(“to drain, become dry”), German lechzen ‎(“to be parched, thirst for, long for”), German lecken ‎(“to leak”), Dutch lekken ‎(“to leak”), Old Norse leka ‎(“to leak, drip”), Old English lacu ‎(“pond, stream, lake”). More at lake.

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