legge

See also: Legge

English

Noun

legge (plural legges)

1. Obsolete spelling of leg.

Anagrams

• eggel

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• ligge (Kölsch)
• lijje (westernmost Ripuarian)
• liede (northernmost Ripuarian)
• liere (Siegerland)
• leide (other Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German līden, from Old High German līdan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɡə/

Verb

legge (third-person singular present tense legg, past tense lett, past participle jeledde or jelegge)

1. (most dialects of Ripuarian) to suffer

Derived terms

• Hongerlegger

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

legge

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of leggen

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈled.d͡ʒe/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eddʒe
• Hyphenation: lég‧ge

Noun

legge f (plural leggi)

1. law

Derived terms

• leggina

Related terms

• leale
• legale
• legittimo

Descendants

• → Esperanto: leĝo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ɛddʒe
• Hyphenation: lèg‧ge

Verb

legge

1. third-person singular present indicative of leggere

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem (“law”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈleːdʒe/, [ˈledʒe]

Noun

legge f (plural leggi)

1. Alternative form of lege (“law”)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

legge (plural legges)

1. Alternative form of leg

Descendants

• English: leg

Etymology 2

Usually considered to be from leggen, a variant of leyen (“to put, lay (down, waste to)”).

Alternative forms

• ledge, lege

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛdʒ(ə)/

Noun

legge (plural legges)

2. supporting beam, supporting bar, bracing

Derived terms

• legement

Descendants

• English: ledge
• Yola: lhauch (figurative)

References

• “leǧǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

Etymology 3

Noun

legge

1. Alternative form of lege (“liege”)

Adjective

legge

1. Alternative form of lege (adjective)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Cognates include Danish lægge, Swedish lägga, German legen, Dutch leggen, and English lay. Compare with ligge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlêɡːe/, [ˈlɛ̂ɡːə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

legge (present tense legger, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive legges, present participle leggende, imperative legg)

1. to lay, put, place

Derived terms

• bøtelegge
• fargelegge
• fastlegge
• forelegge
• forlegge
• framlegge
• fremlegge
• gravlegge
• grunnlegge
• ilegge
• innlegge
• islagt
• kartlegge
• legge an på
• legge bi
• legge fra land
• legge ned
• legge opp
• legge på
• legge seg ut med
• legge til
• legge til lands
• legge ut
• leggetid
• leggevann
• leggevatn
• nedlegge
• planlegge
• pålegge
• skattlegge
• skrinlegge
• tilbakelegge
• tillegge
• tilrettelegge
• tørrlegge
• vektlegging
• ødelegge

 

Related terms

• lag

References

• “legge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse leggja.

Verb

legge (present tense legg, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive leggast, present participle leggande, imperative legg)

1. to lay, put, place
2. to build, make.
3. to spread out.

Alternative forms

• legga
• leggja, leggje

References

• “legge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.