belicgan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *biliggjan, from Proto-Germanic *biligjaną (“to lie around”), equivalent to be- +‎ liċġan. Cognate with Old High German biliggen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈlij.jɑn/, [beˈlid.d͡ʒɑn] === Verb === beliċġan to lie by or about, beleaguer, encompass, beset to extend by or out late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: beliggen, belyen English: belie (“to lie around, beleaguer”) Scots: bely