æfenlæcan
Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, ǣfen (“evening”) + -lǣċan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæː.fen.læː.t͡ʃɑn/, [ˈæː.ven.læː.t͡ʃɑn]
Verb
ǣfenlǣċan
- (impersonal) for evening to approach (glosses Latin advesperāscere)
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǽfen-lǽcan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.