lay vb. (4 only once in S., but common in literature from the 14th cent. and app. not regarded as a solecism in the 17th and 18th)
1.
to bury
Tw.N. II. iv. 52
“in sad cypress let me
be laid,”
H8 IV. ii. 22
“to lay his weary bones
among ye,”
Cym. IV. ii. 233
“where shall's lay
him?.”
2.
to beset with traps
2H6 IV. i. 4
“all the country is laid
for me.”
3.
to stake, wager
LLL. I. i. 306
“I'll lay my head to any
good man's hat,”
Tw.N. III. iv. 225
“I have . . . laid mine
honour too unchary on't”
(mod. edd. “out”),
Troil. III. i. 97
“lay my life,”
Ham. V. ii. 106
“laid a great
wager.”
4.
to lie
Compl. 4
“And down I laid to list
the sad-tun'd tale.”
