From Middle High German ligen, from Old High German ligen, from older liggen by generalisation of the stem of the 2nd and 3rd persons singular, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognates include German liegen, Yiddish לײַגן (laygn), Low German liggen, Dutch liggen, English lie, Danish ligge, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan).
liegn (past participle glegn)
infinitive | liegn | ||
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present tense | past tense | subjunctive | |
1st person sing. | lig | - | ligad |
2nd person sing. | ligst | - | ligadst |
3rd person sing. | ligt | - | ligad |
1st person plur. | liegn | - | ligadn |
2nd person plur. | ligts | - | ligats |
3rd person plur. | liegn | - | ligadn |
imperative sing. | lig | ||
imperative plur. | ligts | ||
past participle | glegn |