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leyen

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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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Conjugation of leyen (weak in -de)
infinitive (to) leyen, leye
present tense past tense
1st-person singular leye leyde
2nd-person singular leyest leydest
3rd-person singular leyeth leyde
subjunctive singular leye
imperative singular
plural1 leyen, leye leyden, leyde
imperative plural leyeth, leye
participles leyynge, leyende leyd

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

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

References

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