Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English leċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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leyen

  1. to lay
    • c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde[1]:
      The sterne wind so loude gan to route That no wight other noyse mighte here; And they that layen at the dore with-oute, 745 Ful sykerly they slepten alle y-fere; And Pandarus, with a ful sobre chere, Goth to the dore anon with-outen lette, Ther-as they laye, and softely it shette.
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Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: lay
  • Scots: lay
  • Yola: laaye, laay

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