Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
lie .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To lie or recline.
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Examples
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And the husbonde may ligge with whom of hem, that him lykethe.
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And the husbonde may ligge with whom of hem, that him lykethe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Sammen med jer har vi i så rigt mål oplevet den styrke, der kan ligge i det nordiske fællesskab.
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Bote ihc ligge faste {;} bi {} clused in on castle.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Buten ich ligge faste {;} biclused inne castle. ȝif þu þis me wult don {;} Ich hit wulle mid luue a {} fon.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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+H+osen wið ute vampez {;} ligge in hwa {} se likeð · +I+scheoed ne slepe ȝe nawt · ne {40} noh wer bute i bedde.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Ouer alle þinges leasunges ⁊ luðere wordes {140} heatien. hare her beo icoruen · hare heaued clað sitte lahe · eiðer ligge ane.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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It is further recommended to "late the lether ligge so still al a nyzt in his owen _sabras_."
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Hore her beo i {} koruen. hore heuedcloð sitte lowe. eiðer ligge one.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Ine sumer ȝe habbeð leaue uorto gon and sitten baruot. and hosen wið {} uten uaumpez. and ligge ine ham : hwo {} so likeð.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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