lyge

Middle English

Noun

lyge

  1. Alternative form of lege (“liege”)

Adjective

lyge

  1. Alternative form of lege (adjective)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse ljúga. Compare Danish lyve and Swedish ljuga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lyː.ɡɛ/, [ˈlyʷː.ɡə]

Verb

lyge (imperative lyg, present tense lyger, simple past løy, past participle løyet)

  1. to lie

References

“lyge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ljúga. Compare Danish lyve and Swedish ljuga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlyːɡə/

Verb

lyge (present tense lyg, past tense laug, past participle loge, passive infinitive lygast, present participle lygande, imperative lyg)

  1. Alternative form of ljuga

References

“lyge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈly.ɡe/, [ˈly.ɣe]
  • IPA(key): /ˈly.je/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *luggī, from Proto-Germanic *lugjaz, *lugiz (“lying”). Cognate with Old Saxon luggi (“lying”), Old High German lucki (“lying”).

Alternative forms
  • lyċġe, lyċċe

Adjective

lyge or lyġe

  1. lying
Declension
Declension of lyge — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lyge lygu, lygo lyge
Accusative lygne lyge lyge
Genitive lyges lygre lyges
Dative lygum lygre lygum
Instrumental lyge lygre lyge
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lyge lyga, lyge lygu, lygo
Accusative lyge lyga, lyge lygu, lygo
Genitive lygra lygra lygra
Dative lygum lygum lygum
Instrumental lygum lygum lygum
Declension of lyge — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lyga lyge lyge
Accusative lygan lygan lyge
Genitive lygan lygan lygan
Dative lygan lygan lygan
Instrumental lygan lygan lygan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lygan lygan lygan
Accusative lygan lygan lygan
Genitive lygra, lygena lygra, lygena lygra, lygena
Dative lygum lygum lygum
Instrumental lygum lygum lygum
Descendants
  • Middle English: lie, lye, legh (merged with descendant of Old English lyġen)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *lugi, from Proto-Germanic *lugiz.

Alternative forms

Noun

lyge or lyġe m

  1. lie
Declension
Declension of lyge (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative lyġe lyġas
accusative lyġe lyġas
genitive lyġes lyġa
dative lyġe lyġum
Synonyms
Descendants
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