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lieg

See also: Lieg

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch liegen, from Middle Dutch liegen, from Old Dutch liegan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ-.

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  • IPA(key): /liχ/
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Verb

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lieg (present lieg, present participle liegende, past participle gelieg)

  1. to lie (to tell a mistruth)

Brooke's Point Palawano

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Noun

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lieg

  1. (anatomy) neck

Dibabawon Manobo

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Noun

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lìeg

  1. (anatomy) neck

Dutch

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Verb

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lieg

  1. inflection of liegen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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Noun

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lieg

  1. (anatomy) neck

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *laugi, from Proto-Germanic *laugiz. Cognate with Old High German loug, Old Norse leygr.

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Noun

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līeġ m (Early West Saxon)

  1. flame
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      ðā Drihten ārǣrde miċelne wind, and sē ġelǣhte ealne þone līġ, and ābǣr hine tō ðǣs cyninges botle, swā þæt him ne belǣfde nān þing unforburnen, and hē sylf earfoðlīċe þām fȳre ætbærst.
      The Lord rose up a great wind, and it caught all the flame, and bore it to the king's dwelling, so that nothing unburnt to him remained, and he himself escaped from the fire with difficulty.
  2. fire; lightning

Declension

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Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative līeġ līeġas
accusative līeġ līeġas
genitive līeġes līeġa
dative līeġe līeġum

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: leȝ, leiȝ, leyȝe, lei, leye, liȝ, lye
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