eldertongue

Old English · verb

belicgan

Normalised beliċġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class V
IPA
/beˈlij.jɑn/
[beˈlid.d͡ʒɑn]
Syllables
be · ˈlij · jɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
beliebeleaguerbesetencompass

Meaning

  1. to lie by or about, beleaguer, encompass, beset

  2. to extend by or out

    Æt þǣm ende, hit beliċġað ðā beorgas, þe man hǣt Alpis: þā onginnað westane fram þǣm Wendelsǣ, in Narbonense þǣre ðēode and endiað eft ēast in Dalmatia þǣm lande, æt þǣm sǣ.

    At the end extend the mountains known as the Alps; they begin in the west of the Mediterranean, in Gallia Narbonensis, and end at the eastern sea in the land of Dalmatia.

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

Conjugation

Conjugation of belicgan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular beliċġebelæġ
2nd singular beliġstbelǣgebelāge
3rd singular beliġþbelæġ
Plural beliċġaþbelǣgonbelāgon
Subjunctive
Singular beliċġebelǣgebelāge
Plural beliċġenbelǣgenbelāgen
Non-finite forms of belicgan
Form
Infinitive beliċġan
Inflected infinitive beliċġenne
Imperative singular beliġe
Imperative plural beliċġaþ
Present participle beliċġende
Past participle beleġen

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biliggjan, from Proto-Germanic *biligjaną (“to lie around”), equivalent to be- + liċġan. Cognate with Old High German biliggen.

Descendants

belie

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