- belicgan
- sv/t5 3rd pres beligeþ past belæg/belǽgon ptp belegen to lie around, surround; hedge in, encompass
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
belicgan
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belie — (v.) O.E. beleogan to deceive by lies, from BE (Cf. be ) + LIE (Cf. lie) (v.1) to lie, tell lies. Current sense of to contradict as a lie is first recorded 1640s. The other verb lie once also had a formation like this, from O.E. belicgan, which… … Etymology dictionary
