Old English · verb

lecgan

Normalised leċġan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈlej.jɑn/
[ˈled.d͡ʒɑn]
Syllables: ˈlej · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: put lay bury

Meaning

to put or place

Hwǣr leġdest þū mīne bōc?

Where did you put my book?
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English:
to bury (a person)

Peterborough Chronicle, year 1075

Edith passed away in Winchester, a week before Christmas, and the king had her brought to Westminster with great honor, and buried her by King Edward her lord.
to lay (an egg)

Þæt ċicen leġde ǣġ ǣlċe dæġe.

The chicken laid an egg every day.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lecgan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	leċġe	leġde lēde læġde
2nd singular	leġst	leġdest lēdest læġdest
3rd singular	leġþ	leġde lēde læġde
Plural	leċġaþ	leġdon lēdon læġdon
Subjunctive
Singular	leċġe	leġde lēde læġde
Plural	leċġen	leġden lēden læġden

Non-finite forms of lecgan
	Form
Infinitive	leċġan
Inflected infinitive	leċġenne
Imperative singular	leġe
Imperative plural	leċġaþ
Present participle	leċġende
Past participle	leġed ġeleġed leġd ġeleġd lēd ġelēd læġed ġelæġed læġd ġelæġd

All forms (31)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną, a causative form of *ligjaną (Old English licgan), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Old Frisian ledza, lega, leia, Old Saxon leggian, Old Dutch leggen, Old High German leggen, Old Norse leggja, Gothic (lagjan).

Descendants

lay

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