I. to underlay, support :-- Ic underlecge fulcio, Ælfc, Gr. 30, 2; Zup. 190, 5. Ðá bæd hé hí ánre sylle, ðæt hé mihte ðæt hús mid ðære underlecgan, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 33. Ðeáh hit mid náne anwald ne sié underléd cum nulla potestate fulcitur, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 25. Ðonne bið se elnboga underléd mid pyle and se hnecca mid bolstre pulvillo cubitus vel cervicalibus caput jacentis excipitur, 19; Swt. 143, 17. II. rendering supponere, substernere, etc. :-- Ic underlecge subpono, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Zup. 167, 17: 47; Zup. 276, 9. Underlegdon substernebant, Lk. Skt. Lind. 19, 36. Of underlédum brandum suppositis torribus, Hpt. Gl. 489, 6. [O. H. Ger. unter-leccen fulcire.] under-lecgan