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# lieth

verb, old form of «lies» (he, she, it)

«lieth» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«lieth» means «lies», a form of «lie»: To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lieth/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he lieth» = «he lies».

### Examples

- Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. (Torah DEU.27.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lieth/#x1)
- These three mothers again represent in the Microcosm or Human form, male and female; the Head, the Belly, and the Chest; the bead from the fire, the belly from water, and the chest from the air lieth between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lieth/#x2)
- Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. (Torah DEU.27.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lieth/#x3)

### Note

Today: lies.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lieth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lieth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lieth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/lieth.html) on Mova free.