jan 1, 1523 - lig

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To lie. 1432 <i>j matres that I lige on </i>, Scarborough (SS30/22); 1479 <i>a gutter that liggez in length from ... Petergate ... to the Kyngs dyke </i>, York (YRS98/7); 1523 <i>delyng of all suche landdes as lygges dewydele </i>[sic]<i> in the biredole feldes </i>, Stainland (YRS50/176). Examples of the present participle include: <i>c </i>.1450 <i>to haf a close lygynge in the sowth parte of Rastryke more </i> (YRS65/124); 1483 <i>John Qwitley sall haue a sertan of land lygand in the South syde of the Byrkfeild </i>, Ovenden (YRS83/151); 1500 <i>iij houses in Kartegaytt lyggyng under the Blake Frere waulle </i>, Scarborough (SS53/184). Noted in an amusing by-name: 1301 <i>De Galfrido Liggebiyefyre </i>, Helperby (YRS21/80).

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