"lecgan" meaning in Old English

See lecgan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈlej.jɑn/, [ˈled.d͡ʒɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną, a causative form of *ligjaną (Old English licgan), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Old Frisian ledza, lega, leia, Old Saxon leggian, Old Dutch leggen, Old High German leggen, Old Norse leggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*laggjan}} Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*lagjaną}} Proto-Germanic *lagjaną, {{cog|ang|licgan}} Old English licgan, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*legʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-, {{cog|ofs|ledza}} Old Frisian ledza, {{cog|osx|leggian}} Old Saxon leggian, {{cog|odt|leggen}} Old Dutch leggen, {{cog|goh|leggen}} Old High German leggen, {{cog|non|leggja}} Old Norse leggja, {{cog|got|𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan) Head templates: {{ang-verb|leċġan}} leċġan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|leċġan<w1>}} Forms: leċġan [canonical], weak [table-tags], leċġan [infinitive], leċġenne [infinitive], leċġe [first-person, present, singular], leġde [first-person, past, singular], leġst [present, second-person, singular], leġdest [past, second-person, singular], leġþ [present, singular, third-person], leġde [past, singular, third-person], leċġaþ [plural, present], leġdon [past, plural], leċġe [present, singular], leġde [past, singular], leċġen [plural, present], leġden [past, plural], leġe [imperative, past, present, singular], leċġaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], leċġende [imperative, present], leġed [imperative, past], ġeleġed [imperative, past], leġd [imperative, past], ġeleġd [imperative, past]
  1. to put or place
    Sense id: en-lecgan-ang-verb-7AASxXnD
  2. to bury (a person)
    Sense id: en-lecgan-ang-verb-CHzfczcm Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 22 65 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 48 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 73 14
  3. to lay (an egg)
    Sense id: en-lecgan-ang-verb-4TjEkOg0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beleċġan, forleċġan, geleċġan, oferleċġan, ofleċġan, underleċġan, wiþleċġan, āleċġan Related terms: leġer, liċġan, lōg, lōgian, ġeliġer
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "beleċġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "forleċġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "geleċġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "oferleċġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ofleċġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "underleċġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wiþleċġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "āleċġan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "leyen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: leyen, leyn, leygen, layn, leggen, leghen, lecchen\nEnglish: lay\nScots: lay\nYola: laaye, laay",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: leyen, leyn, leygen, layn, leggen, leghen, lecchen\nEnglish: lay\nScots: lay\nYola: laaye, laay"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*laggjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *laggjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lagjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lagjaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "licgan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English licgan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*legʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "ledza"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian ledza",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "leggian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon leggian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "leggen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch leggen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "leggen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German leggen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "leggja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse leggja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną, a causative form of *ligjaną (Old English licgan), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.\nCompare Old Frisian ledza, lega, leia, Old Saxon leggian, Old Dutch leggen, Old High German leggen, Old Norse leggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leċġan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeleġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeleġd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leċġan"
      },
      "expansion": "leċġan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leċġan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "leġer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "liċġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lōg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lōgian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġeliġer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where did you put my book?",
          "ref": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English:",
          "text": "Hwǣr leġdest þū mīne bōc?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to put or place"
      ],
      "id": "en-lecgan-ang-verb-7AASxXnD",
      "links": [
        [
          "put",
          "put"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 65 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 48 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 73 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Edith passed away in Winchester, a week before Christmas, and the king had her brought to Westminster with great honor, and buried her by King Edward her lord.",
          "roman": "Ēadgȳþ forþfērde on Wintanċeastre, seofon nihtum ǣr Cristesmæssan, and sē cyning hīe lēt bringan tō Westmynstre mid miċelum weorþsċipe, and leġde hīe wiþ Ēadweard cyning hire hlāford.",
          "text": "Peterborough Chronicle, year 1075",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bury (a person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lecgan-ang-verb-CHzfczcm",
      "links": [
        [
          "bury",
          "bury"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The chicken laid an egg every day.",
          "text": "Þæt ċicen leġde ǣġ ǣlċe dæġe.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lay (an egg)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lecgan-ang-verb-4TjEkOg0",
      "links": [
        [
          "lay",
          "lay"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlej.jɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈled.d͡ʒɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lecgan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beleċġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forleċġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "geleċġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "oferleċġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ofleċġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "underleċġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "wiþleċġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "āleċġan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "leyen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: leyen, leyn, leygen, layn, leggen, leghen, lecchen\nEnglish: lay\nScots: lay\nYola: laaye, laay",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: leyen, leyn, leygen, layn, leggen, leghen, lecchen\nEnglish: lay\nScots: lay\nYola: laaye, laay"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*laggjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *laggjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lagjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lagjaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "licgan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English licgan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*legʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "ledza"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian ledza",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "leggian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon leggian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "leggen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch leggen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "leggen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German leggen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "leggja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse leggja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną, a causative form of *ligjaną (Old English licgan), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.\nCompare Old Frisian ledza, lega, leia, Old Saxon leggian, Old Dutch leggen, Old High German leggen, Old Norse leggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leċġan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leċġende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeleġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leġd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeleġd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leċġan"
      },
      "expansion": "leċġan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leċġan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "leġer"
    },
    {
      "word": "liċġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "lōg"
    },
    {
      "word": "lōgian"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeliġer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where did you put my book?",
          "ref": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English:",
          "text": "Hwǣr leġdest þū mīne bōc?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to put or place"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "put",
          "put"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Edith passed away in Winchester, a week before Christmas, and the king had her brought to Westminster with great honor, and buried her by King Edward her lord.",
          "roman": "Ēadgȳþ forþfērde on Wintanċeastre, seofon nihtum ǣr Cristesmæssan, and sē cyning hīe lēt bringan tō Westmynstre mid miċelum weorþsċipe, and leġde hīe wiþ Ēadweard cyning hire hlāford.",
          "text": "Peterborough Chronicle, year 1075",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bury (a person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bury",
          "bury"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The chicken laid an egg every day.",
          "text": "Þæt ċicen leġde ǣġ ǣlċe dæġe.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lay (an egg)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lay",
          "lay"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlej.jɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈled.d͡ʒɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lecgan"
}

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