v. (pres. 3 sg.)
WA infin. lig, pres. 3 sg. ligis
'lies' (Modern English lie)
PGmc Ancestor
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
liggja 'to lie'
(ONP liggja (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far liggja, Icel liggja, Norw liggja, Dan ligge, Sw ligga
OE Cognate
licgan 'to lie'
Phonological and morphological markers
[absence of palatalization of */ɡ/] (may not be applicable)
Summary category
CC2c
Only a handful of spellings in <g> are cited in MED (<gg> is widely attested, but these may represent /dʒ/), found mainly in N and E texts (e.g. a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9); Cursor) but also elsewhere (viz. a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)). EDD cites a variety of MnE dial forms apparently in /ɡ/ from Sc., N, N/EM, War. and Wor.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 1179; WA 756*, 1570, 4775