What does "lyeth" mean?

third-person singular simple present indicative of lye

What is a synonym for "lyeth"?

Common synonyms include: prevarication, falsehood, fib, lie down, prevaricate, prevarication.

Lyeth

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of lye archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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prevarication falsehood fib lie down prevaricate prevarication

Example

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"Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion."

Etymology

lye + -eth

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