Middle English edit

Noun edit

lyge

  1. Alternative form of lege (liege)

Adjective edit

lyge

  1. Alternative form of lege (adjective)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lyː.ɡɛ/, [ˈlyʷː.ɡə]

Verb edit

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

  1. to lie

References edit

“lyge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. Alternative form of ljuga

References edit

“lyge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

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Adjective edit

lyge or lyġe

  1. lying
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Middle English: lie, lye, legh (merged with descendant of Old English lyġen)

Etymology 2 edit

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

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Noun edit

lyge or lyġe m

  1. lie
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