lieth

«lieth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: lies — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

lies

part of speech

verb, old form of «lies» (he, she, it)

meaning for a pupil

«lieth» means «lies», a form of «lie»: To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground. tree →

how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he lieth» = «he lies».

examples

• Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. (Torah DEU.27.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• These three mothers again represent in the Microcosm or Human form, male and female; the Head, the Belly, and the Chest; the bead from the fire, the belly from water, and the chest from the air lieth between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. (Torah DEU.27.21, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «lie», a verb of EWT); corpora 17 (Torah 16, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 1); EWT 0; ratio 1.9 (Torah alone 37.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• (22-18) Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
• And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
• Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
• And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
• Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lieth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.