lien – Middle English verb conjugation

Middle English verb forms of lien

Infinitive

Participles

Presentliende
Pastleien; louen; liid

Indicative

Present

3rd sing.lith; lieth

Past

1st sing.leie; legh; liid
3rd sing.leie; legh; liid

Subjunctive

Present

Past

Imperative

Verbs conjugated like lien

lien,

Etymology

Inherited from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną. See: Proto-Germanic '*ligjaną'.

Verbs referencing "lien"

English lie.

Sample Sentences

  • Bifil that in that seson, on a day, / In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay (It happened that, in that season, on a day / In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay) [c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 19–20:]

Cognates

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