Modern English → Old English
Old English word for lie
10 headwords match “lie”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; lyge ranks first.
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lie — lie
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lyge strong nominative singular feminine lygu, lygo strong nominative singular neuter lyge strong accusative singular masculine lygne strong accusative singular feminine lyge strong accusative singular neuter lyge -
lie — lie, falsehood
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lyġen strong nominative singular feminine lyġen strong nominative singular neuter lyġen strong accusative singular masculine lyġenne strong accusative singular feminine lyġene strong accusative singular neuter lyġen -
lie — to lie (tell an untruth)
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative lēoge first-person singular past indicative lēag, lēah second-person singular present indicative līeġst second-person singular past indicative luge third-person singular present indicative līeġþ third-person singular past indicative lēag, lēah -
lie — to lie (be in a horizontal position)
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative liċġe first-person singular past indicative læġ second-person singular present indicative liġst second-person singular past indicative lǣge, lāge third-person singular present indicative liġþ, liġeþ, līþ third-person singular past indicative læġ -
lie — falsehood, lie
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lēas strong nominative singular feminine lēas strong nominative singular neuter lēas strong accusative singular masculine lēasne strong accusative singular feminine lēase strong accusative singular neuter lēas -
lie — to lie
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeliċġe first-person singular past indicative ġelæġ second-person singular present indicative ġeliġst second-person singular past indicative ġelǣge, ġelāge third-person singular present indicative ġeliġeþ, ġelīþ third-person singular past indicative ġelæġ -
lie — to lie hidden, lurk, skulk
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative mȳċe first-person singular past indicative mȳcte second-person singular present indicative mȳċest, mȳcst second-person singular past indicative mȳctest third-person singular present indicative mȳċeþ, mȳcþ third-person singular past indicative mȳcte -
lie — to lurk, skulk, lie hidden
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative lutiġe first-person singular past indicative lutode second-person singular present indicative lutast second-person singular past indicative lutodest third-person singular present indicative lutaþ third-person singular past indicative lutode -
lie — to lie, tell lies, deceive
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ālēoge first-person singular past indicative ālēag, ālēah second-person singular present indicative ālīeġst second-person singular past indicative āluge third-person singular present indicative ālīeġþ third-person singular past indicative ālēag, ālēah -
lie — to lie, lie down
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āliċġe first-person singular past indicative ālæġ second-person singular present indicative āliġst second-person singular past indicative ālǣge, ālāge third-person singular present indicative āliġþ third-person singular past indicative ālæġ
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “lie” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “lie”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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