licon

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną.

Verb

līcon

1. (transitive) to please
2. (transitive) to be in good favour with
3. (transitive) to be liked by

Inflection

Conjugation of līcon (weak class 2)

infinitive	līcon
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	līco, līcon	līcoda
2nd person singular	līcos	līcodos
3rd person singular	līcot	līcoda
1st person plural	līcon	līcodon
2nd person plural	līcot	līcodot
3rd person plural	līcont	līcodon
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	līke	līcodi
2nd person singular	līkis	līcodis
3rd person singular	līke	līcodi
1st person plural	līkin	līcodin
2nd person plural	līkit	līcodit
3rd person plural	līkin	līcodin
imperative	present
singular	līco
plural	līcot
participle	present	past
	līcondi	līcot, gilīcot

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: liken
  • Dutch: lijken

Further reading

• “līkon”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012