liegan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą.

Verb

liegan

  1. to lie, to tell untruth

Inflection

Conjugation of liegan (strong class 2)
infinitive liegan
indicative present past
1st person singular liego, liegon lōg
2nd person singular liugis lugi
3rd person singular liugit lōg
1st person plural liegun lugon
2nd person plural liegit lugot
3rd person plural liegunt lugon
subjunctive present past
1st person singular liege lugi
2nd person singular liegis lugi
3rd person singular liege lugi
1st person plural liegin lugin
2nd person plural liegit lugit
3rd person plural liegin lugin
imperative present
singular lieg, liug
plural lieget
participle present past
liegandi logan, gilogan

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: liegen
    • Dutch: liegen
      • Afrikaans: lieg
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: liki
      • Jersey Dutch: lîxe
      • Negerhollands: lug, lik, lieg
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: lig
    • Limburgish: lege

Further reading

  • “liegan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.