Old English · adjective

lec

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /lek/
Syllables: lek (1 syllable)
Modern English: regard look sweet

lec1 · adjective

Senses

sweet

Declension

Strong declension of lec
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lec	lecu leco	lec
Accusative	lecne	lece	lec
Genitive	leces	lecre	leces
Dative	lecum	lecre	lecum
Instrumental	lece	lecre	lece
Plural
Nominative	lece	leca lece	lecu leco
Accusative	lece	leca lece	lecu leco
Genitive	lecra	lecra	lecra
Dative	lecum	lecum	lecum
Instrumental	lecum	lecum	lecum

Weak declension of lec
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	leca	lece	lece
Accusative	lecan	lecan	lece
Genitive	lecan	lecan	lecan
Dative	lecan	lecan	lecan
Instrumental	lecan	lecan	lecan
Plural
Nominative	lecan	lecan	lecan
Accusative	lecan	lecan	lecan
Genitive	lecra lecena	lecra lecena	lecra lecena
Dative	lecum	lecum	lecum
Instrumental	lecum	lecum	lecum

lec2 · noun · masculine

Senses

look, regard
sight

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of lec
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēċ	lēċas
Accusative	lēċ	lēċas
Genitive	lēċes	lēċa
Dative	lēċe	lēċum

lec3 · noun · masculine · alternative form

Senses

alternative form of lēac

lec4 · verb · alternative form

Senses

alternative form of leolc

All forms (18)

lec
lecu
leco
lecne
lece
leces
lecre
lecum
leca
lecra
lecan
lecena
lēċ
lēċas
lēċes
lēċa
lēċe
lēċum

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Middle High German lecker (“tasty”), Old English liccian (“to lick”).

From Proto-West Germanic *lōki, from Proto-Germanic *lōkiz, *lōkijaz (“a look, view”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to look, see”). Cognate with Old English lōcian (“to look, see”), Old Saxon lōcōn (“to see”), Dutch leuk, geleuk (used in reference to dikes, “a look, survey"; in general, "good-looking”). More at look.

From Proto-West Germanic *lēk.

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