*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 360

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 04globalNO SINGLE PIN

1500–today

Global English

lay DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Lay remains the transitive set-down verb while unrelated noun and adjective homonyms continue on their own histories.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
global
TIME PRECISION
open
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
1
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

The open interval locates modern English continuation and does not merge the homonyms.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    American Heritage Dictionary: lay

    Documents the continuing verb while separating the poem and non-clerical homonyms.

    Verb history and homonym entriesAUDIT SOURCE ↗