Old English · noun

lig

Normalised līġ

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /liːj/
Syllables: liːj (1 syllable)
Modern English: fire flame

Meaning

fire; flame

līġbǣre

flaming

Declension

Declension of lig
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	līġ	līġas
Accusative	līġ	līġas
Genitive	līġes	līġa
Dative	līġe	līġum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laugi, from Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“fire, flame, lightning”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”). Cognate with Old High German loug, Old Norse lǫygr, log, loga (“flame, low”). More at low.

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