Lie by

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To have sex with. obsolete, transitive

    "Than he lete make a cry thorow all the oste that uppon layne of lyff and lymme […] that no lyege man that longyth to his oste sholde lye be no maydens ne ladyes nother no burgessis wyff that to the cité longis."

  2. 2
    To rest from labour; to take a break. dated, intransitive

Synonyms

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"Than he lete make a cry thorow all the oste that uppon layne of lyff and lymme […] that no lyege man that longyth to his oste sholde lye be no maydens ne ladyes nother no burgessis wyff that to the cité longis."

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