Participles
| Present | beliċġende |
| Past | beleġen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | beliċġe |
| 2nd sing. | beliġst |
| 3rd sing. | beliġþ |
| 1st plur. | beliċġaþ |
| 2nd plur. | beliċġaþ |
| 3rd plur. | beliċġaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | belæġ |
| 2nd sing. | belǣge; belāge |
| 3rd sing. | belæġ |
| 1st plur. | belǣgon; belāgon |
| 2nd plur. | belǣgon; belāgon |
| 3rd plur. | belǣgon; belāgon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | beliċġe |
| 2nd sing. | beliċġe |
| 3rd sing. | beliċġe |
| 1st plur. | beliċġen |
| 2nd plur. | beliċġen |
| 3rd plur. | beliċġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | belǣge; belāge |
| 2nd sing. | belǣge; belāge |
| 3rd sing. | belǣge; belāge |
| 1st plur. | belǣgen; belāgen |
| 2nd plur. | belǣgen; belāgen |
| 3rd plur. | belǣgen; belāgen |
Imperative
| Singular | beliġe |
| Plural | beliċġaþ |
Verbs similar to 'belicgan'
belecgan,
bebycgan,
befician,
behycgan,
beleogan,
belgan,
beliefan,
belifan,
belimpan,
belucan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *biliggjan, from Proto-Germanic *biligjaną (“to lie around”), equivalent to be- + liċġan. Cognate with Old High German biliggen.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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Æt þǣm ende, hit beliċġað ðā beorgas, þe man hǣt Alpis: þā onginnað westane fram þǣm Wendelsǣ, in Narbonense þǣre ðēode and endiað eft ēast in Dalmatia þǣm lande, æt þǣm sǣ. (At the end extend the mountains known as the Alps; they begin in the west of the Mediterranean, in Gallia Narbonensis, and end at the eastern sea in the land of Dalmatia.)
Cognates
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