Meaning

verb be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

verb be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

verb originate (in)

originFrom Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”).

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