Lie

proper nountop 1 000 in film dialogue

A Norwegian surname.

proper noun

1
A Norwegian surname.
It won’t be long now before Miss Lie starts finding out. The U. N. finally has agreed on a man to take over Trygve Lie’s title and woes. Some time in May the Lies will be packed and Oslo-bound—most of the Lies, that is, not Guri.

Etymology

From Norwegian Lie.

Forms

plural: Lies

licking · The act by which something is licked.lid · The top or cover of a container.lie · To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

Lie · A Norwegian surname.

lied · An art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on…liege · A free and independent person; specifically, a lord…lies · Great, wonderful

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.