lecgan

Old English[edit]

leċġan

to put or place
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English‎^[1]:
  Hwǣr leġdest þū mīne bōc?
  Where did you put my book?
to bury (a person)
- Peterborough Chronicle, year 1075
  Ēadgȳþ forþfērde on Wintanċeastre, seofon nihtum ǣr Cristesmæssan, and sē cyning hīe lēt bringan tō Westmynstre mid miċelum weorþsċipe, and leġde hīe wiþ Ēadweard cyning hire hlāford.
  Edith passed away in Winchester, a week before Christmas, and the king had her brought to Westminster with great honor, and buried her by King Edward her lord.
to lay (an egg)
Þæt ċicen leġde ǣġ ǣlċe dæġe. ― The chicken laid an egg every day.

Conjugation of leċġan (weak class 1)

Middle English: leyen, leyn, leygen, layn, leggen, leghen, lecchen
- English: lay
- Scots: lay
- Yola: laaye, laay