Obs. Forms as in LIE v. [f. A- pref. 1 + LIE]

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  1.  To lie down, subside, become extinct. (The intr. vb. of which ALLAY v.1 = a-lay is the causative.)

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a. 1000.  Beowulf, 5764. Nú sceal … call eðelwyn · eowrum cynne leófum alicʓean.

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c. 1200.  St. Marhar., 12. Ant þat liht alei lutlen ant lutlen.

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1205.  Layam., 26298. Nu is hit muchel leod-scome; ȝif hit scal þus a-ligge.

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a. 1230.  Ancr. R., 246. A muchel wind alið mid a lutel rein.

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  2.  To lie towards or lean.

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1583.  Stanyhurst, Æneid, IV. 101. His rackt wit he tosseth, Now to this od stratagem, now too that counseyl alying.

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