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Compare Old Frisian ledza, lega, leia, Old Saxon leggian, Old Dutch leggen, Old High German leggen, Old Norse leggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan).

leċġan

(transitive) to put or place
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English‎:
  
  Hwǣr leġdest þū mīne bōc?
  
  Where did you put my book?
(transitive) to bury (a person)
- Peterborough Chronicle, year 1075
  
  Ēadgȳþ forþfērde on Wintanċeastre, seofon nihtum ǣr Cristesmæssan, and sē cyning hīe lēt bringan tō Westmynstre mid miċelum weorþsċipe, and leġde hīe wiþ Ēadweard cyning hire hlāford.
  
  Edith passed away in Winchester, a week before Christmas, and the king had her brought to Westminster with great honor, and buried her by King Edward her lord.
(transitive) to lay (an egg)

Þæt ċicen leġde ǣġ ǣlċe dæġe. ― The chicken laid an egg every day.

Past tense forms with the smoothed ē /eː/ for eġ /ej/ are distinctly West Saxon, where they are common.
The eġ /ej/ and ē /eː/ forms in the past tense were more common than the æġ /æj/ forms, which can be found in West Saxon and in both sections of the Anglian Rushworth Gospels.

Middle English: leyen, leyn, leygen, layn, leggen, leghen, lecchen
- English: lay
- Scots: lay
- Yola: laaye, laay

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