leyen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlæi̯ən/

Verb

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

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

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

References

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