eldertongue

Old English · noun

lieg

Normalised līeġ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/li͜yːj/
Syllables
li͜yːj (1 syllable)
Modern English
flamelayeleye

Meaning

  1. flame

    ðā Drihten ārǣrde miċelne wind, and sē ġelǣhte ealne þone līġ, and ābǣr hine tō ðǣs cyninges botle, swā þæt him ne belǣfde nān þing unforburnen, and hē sylf earfoðlīċe þām fȳre ætbærst.

    The Lord rose up a great wind, and it caught all the flame, and bore it to the king's dwelling, so that nothing unburnt to him remained, and he himself escaped from the fire with difficulty.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

  2. fire; lightning

Declension

Declension of lieg
SingularPlural
Nominative līeġlīeġas
Accusative līeġlīeġas
Genitive līeġeslīeġa
Dative līeġelīeġum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laugi, from Proto-Germanic *laugiz. Cognate with Old High German loug, Old Norse leygr.

Descendants

laye, leye

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