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

  1. 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
  • 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

  1. lie, falsehood
Declension
Declension of lygen (strong ō-stem)
Case 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)
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