lie (pa. pple. “lain” 5 times, “lien” twice; Ham. V. i. 189 Qq “lyen,” Ff “lain”; Per. III. ii. 85 Qq1-3 “lien,” Ff3 4 “been”)
1.
to be or remain in bed asleep
Troil. IV. i. 3
“to lie long,”
Mac. II. iii. 26
“lie so late.”
2.
to be still
Per. III. i. 49
“the wind is loud, and
will not lie till the ship be cleared of
the dead.”
3.
to be kept in prison
1H4 IV. iii. 96
“without ransom to lie
forfeited,”
R3 I. i. 115
“I will deliver you, or
else lie for you.”
4.
to dwell, sojourn,
lodge, esp. to sleep or pass the night somewhere
(freq.)
Wiv. II. i. 186
“Does he lie at the
Garter?,”
1H6 II. ii. 41
“her poor castle where
she lies,”
Cor. I. ix. 82
“I sometime lay . . . At
a poor man's house.”
5.
to be in a certain
posture of defence
1H4 II. iv. 220
“Thou knowest my old
ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my
point,”
Troil. I. ii. 281, 286
