Old English · verb
locian
Normalised lōcian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ˈloː.ki.ɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈloː · ki · ɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- gazehappenslookpertaininterrogativesure
Meaning
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to look, see; gaze
Lōca þū on mīne ansīene þonne þū mē tō spricst.
Look at my face when you speak to me.
-
to observe, regard, take heed
Sē cyning lōcode on his witan.
The king regarded his advisors.
-
to look to; to belong, pertain
Ne lōcaþ þēs intinga nā tō unc.
This matter doesn't pertain to us two at all.
-
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.
-
to make sure that something happens, is done, etc.
Lōcodest þū þæt þū fēdde mīnne catt tweowa?
Did you make sure to feed my cat twice?
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn.
Descendants
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