lygen

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈly.jen/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *lugin, from Proto-Germanic *luginaz (“lying”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell lies, swear, bemoan”).

Adjective

lyġen

2. lying, false

Declension

Declension of lyġen — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lyġen	lyġen	lyġen
Accusative	lyġenne	lyġene	lyġen
Genitive	lyġenes	lyġenre	lyġenes
Dative	lyġenum	lyġenre	lyġenum
Instrumental	lyġene	lyġenre	lyġene
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lyġene	lyġena, lyġene	lyġen
Accusative	lyġene	lyġena, lyġene	lyġen
Genitive	lyġenra	lyġenra	lyġenra
Dative	lyġenum	lyġenum	lyġenum
Instrumental	lyġenum	lyġenum	lyġenum

Declension of lyġen — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lyġena	lyġene	lyġene
Accusative	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġene
Genitive	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġenan
Dative	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġenan
Instrumental	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġenan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġenan
Accusative	lyġenan	lyġenan	lyġenan
Genitive	lyġenra, lyġenena	lyġenra, lyġenena	lyġenra, lyġenena
Dative	lyġenum	lyġenum	lyġenum
Instrumental	lyġenum	lyġenum	lyġenum

Derived terms

• unlyġen

Related terms

• unġelyġen

Descendants

• Middle English: lie, lye, legh (merged with descendant of Old English lyġe)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *luginu, from Proto-Germanic *luginō, *lugį̄ (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell lies, swear, bemoan”). Cognate with Old Saxon lugina (“falsehood”), Danish løgn (“lie”), Norwegian lygn (“lie”). More at lie.

Noun

lyġen f

2. lie, falsehood

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lyġen	lyġenna, lyġenne
accusative	lyġenne	lyġenna, lyġenne
genitive	lyġenne	lyġenna
dative	lyġenne	lyġennum

Descendants

• Middle English: liȝe, lighe, leghe, lie (likely having merged with descendants of Old English lyġe)
  • English: lie
  • Scots: ley, lie