Old English · adjective

lygen

Normalised lyġen

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ˈly.jen/
Syllables: ˈly · jen (2 syllables)
Modern English: lie lying falsehood

lygen1 · adjective

Senses

lying, false

Declension

Strong declension of lygen
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lyġen	lyġen	lyġen
Accusative	lyġenne	lyġene	lyġen
Genitive	lyġenes	lyġenre	lyġenes
Dative	lyġenum	lyġenre	lyġenum
Instrumental	lyġene	lyġenre	lyġene
Plural
Nominative	lyġene	lyġena lyġene	lyġen
Accusative	lyġene	lyġena lyġene	lyġen
Genitive	lyġenra	lyġenra	lyġenra
Dative	lyġenum	lyġenum	lyġenum
Instrumental	lyġenum	lyġenum	lyġenum

Weak declension of lygen
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lyġena	lyġene	lyġene
Accusative	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġene
Genitive	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġenan
Dative	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġenan
Instrumental	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġenan
Plural
Nominative	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġenan
Accusative	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġenan
Genitive	lyġenra lyġenena	lyġenra lyġenena	lyġenra lyġenena
Dative	lyġenum	lyġenum	lyġenum
Instrumental	lyġenum	lyġenum	lyġenum

lygen2 · noun · feminine

Senses

lie, falsehood

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of lygen
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lyġen	lyġenna lyġenne
Accusative	lyġenne	lyġenna lyġenne
Genitive	lyġenne	lyġenna
Dative	lyġenne	lyġennum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lugin, from Proto-Germanic *luginaz (“lying”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell lies, swear, bemoan”).

From Proto-West Germanic *luginu, from Proto-Germanic *luginō, *lugį̄ (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell lies, swear, bemoan”). Cognate with Old Saxon lugina (“falsehood”), Danish løgn (“lie”), Norwegian lygn (“lie”). More at lie.

Descendants

lie

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