Middle English Dictionary Entry
leien v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | leien v.(2) Also li(e; p.ppl. ileȝed. |
| Etymology | From leie n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- a1350 Dream Bk.(1) (Hrl 2253)205 : Heuene yleȝed wose syþ, harm in huerte soþliche hit byþ.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1142 : Lat men shette the dores and go thenne, Yet wol the fyr as faire lye [vr. ly] and brenne.