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lyge

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
lyge, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §320; §386;
A lie, lig [provincial], falsehood
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  • Ic eów tó sóþe secgan wille and ðæs in lífe lyge ne wyrþeþ

    in truth I will tell you, and never shall it prove false,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1147
    • ;
    • El. 575
    • .
  • Sóþfæstnysse feóung and seó lufu liges and leásunge

    odium veritatis amorque mendacii,

    • Bd. 1, 14
    • ;
    • S. 482, 24
    • .
  • Liges fýr

    mendacii ignis,

    • 3, 19
    • ;
    • S. 548, 13
    • .
  • Búta lyg

    verumtamen,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 24
    • .
  • Hí on lige lange feredon

    de mendacio compellantur,

    • Ps. Th. 58, 12
    • .
  • Mengan lyge wið sóðe,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 613
    • ;
    • El. 307
    • .
  • Ðú ǽr sægdest sóþlíce and nú on lyge cyrrest,

    • 1329
    • ;
    • El. 666
    • .
  • Ðú ús gelǽrdæst þurh ðínne lyge

    thou didst persuade us through thy falsehood,

    • Cd. 214
    • ;
    • Th. 268, 11
    • ;
    • Sat. 53
    • .
  • Hwæðer him mon sóþ ðe lyge sagaþ,

    • Exon. 27 a
    • ;
    • Th. 80, 16
    • ;
    • Cri. 1307
    • .
  • Ic ðé tó sóþe secgan wille, nelle ic lyge fremman,

    • 67 b
    • ;
    • Th. 250, 27
    • ;
    • Jul. 133
    • .
  • Mán on móde, in múþe lyge,

    • 80 b;
    • Th. 302, 13
    • ;
    • Fä, 35
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. lygi; f. a lie
:
O. H. Ger. lugi; f. mendum, falsum, figmentum, fabula
:
Ger. lüge.
]
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  • lyge, n.