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of living creatures.
to be in a prostrate or
recumbent position
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  • Hé gelæg (

    jacebat

    ) tó dura his,
      Lk. L. 16, 20.
  • In ðǽm gelæg menigo micelo,

      Jn. L. R. 5, 3.
to assume a prostrate or
recumbent position
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  • Benedictus eóde tó ðæs cnapan líce, and ðǽr on uppon gelæg,

      Hml. Th. ii. 182, 15.
to lie sick, be confined to bed
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  • Hé gefeóll of ánre stægere and for ðý gelæg (

    cecidit per cancellos coenaculi sui, et aegrotavit,

    2 Kings
      1, 2), Hml. S. 18, 232.
  • Gelegen wæs swér Sýmónes febrende wæs

    decumbebat socrus Simonis febricitans,

      Mk. L. R. 1, 30.
to lie with a person,
have sexual intercourse with
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  • Gif man wið cyninges maegdenman geligeð,

      Ll. Th. i. 6, 4, 11, 13: 10, 6.
  • Gif man mid esnes cwynan geligeð,

      24, 9.
  • Gif óðer mon mid hire gelǽge ǽr,

      68, 17.
of inanimate things.
material,
to rest in a horizontal position on a surface
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  • Þæs hálgan weres líc on þám ceosole gelæg,

      Hml. S. 37, 271.
non-material, to be appointed (cf. what
lies before a person = what is to happen to him)
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  • Gif ðæt God geteód habbe, ond mé ðæt on lǽne gelíð ðæt gesibbra ærfeweard forðcymeð,

      C. D. ii. 121, 26.
of land,
to pertain, appertain to
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  • Mid eallum ðám túnum ðe him tó gelicgað

    cum uillulis omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus,

      C. D. iii. 350, 6.
to be overcome with fear
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  • Mið ðý ðóhte gelegeno (gelegne, R.) woeron

    dum mente consternatae essent,

      Lk. L. 24, 4.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-liggian: O. H. Ger. ge-ligen, -likken.]
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v. tó-gelicgende.
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