lyve

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish liughæ, lyffuæ, liffuæ, from Old Norse ljúga, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell a lie”). Cognate with Swedish ljuga, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (liugan), German lügen, Dutch liegen, and English lie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlyːʋə], [ˈlyːʊ]

Verb

lyve (imperative lyv, infinitive at lyve, present tense lyver, past tense løj, perfect tense har løjet)

1. to lie (tell an untruth)
2. to fib

Inflection

Inflection of lyve

	present	past
simple	lyver	løj
perfect	har løjet	havde løjet
passive	lyves	—
participle	lyvende	løjet
imperative	lyv	—
infinitive	lyve	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	lyven	—

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: lyve

Further reading

• “lyve” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “lyve,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lyve

1. Template:dative singular of
   • c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye [...] [Troilus and Criseyde], [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], book V, [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio cciii, recto:

     For I haue herde oꝛ thys of many a wight / Hath loued thynge he neuer ſawe his lyue

     As I've heard this before from many people / with loved ones they'd never seen in their life

Etymology 2

Verb

lyve

1. Alternative form of lyven

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• juge, ljuge, lyge

Etymology

From Danish lyve, from Old Norse ljúga, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell a lie”). Cognate with Swedish ljuga, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (liugan), German lügen, Dutch liegen, and English lie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlŷːʋe/

Verb

lyve (imperative lyv, present tense lyver, passive lyves, simple past løy, past participle løyet, present participle lyvende)

1. (intransitive) lie (to give false information intentionally)
   • 1867, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, Gyldendal (1898–1902), volume 3, page 267,

     Peer, du lyver!

     Peer, you're lying!

2. (intransitive) lie (to convey a false image or impression)

   Bildet lyver

   The picture lies

Related terms

• løgn

References

• “lyve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.