eldertongue

Old English · verb

licgan

Normalised liċġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class V
IPA
/ˈlij.jɑn/
[ˈlid.d͡ʒɑn]
Syllables
ˈlij · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
lighorizontaltranslatedlie

Meaning

  1. to lie (be in a horizontal position)

    Þā ġeseah hēo þæt ċild liċġan on binne, þǣr sē oxa and sē assa ġewunelīċe fōdan sēċað.

    Then saw she the child lying in the bin, where the ox and the ass usually seek food.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativity of Our Lord"
  2. to lie down

  3. to be located somewhere (often translated with "to be")

  4. to lead (e.g. of a road or a river)

Conjugation

Conjugation of licgan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular liċġelæġ
2nd singular liġstlǣgelāge
3rd singular liġþliġeþlīþlæġ
Plural liċġaþlǣgonlāgon
Subjunctive
Singular liċġelǣgelāge
Plural liċġenlǣgenlāgen
Non-finite forms of licgan
Form
Infinitive liċġan
Inflected infinitive liċġenne
Imperative singular liġe
Imperative plural liċġaþ
Present participle liċġende
Past participle leġenġeleġen

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Old Frisian lidza, Old Saxon liggian, Old High German liggen, Old Norse liggja, Gothic (ligan).

Descendants

lie, lig

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