Faroese

Verb

leggja ‎(third person singular past indicative legði, third person plural past indicative løgdu, supine lagt)

1. to lay, to put, to place
2. to farrow

Conjugation

leggja aftrat

• to add

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛcːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛcːa

Verb

leggja ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lagði, supine lagt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to lay, to put ^deriv. syn.

   Leggðu bókina niður.‎

   Put the book down.

2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to lay (stones, tiles, a road), to pave ^syn.

   Að leggja hellur.

   To pave.

   Að leggja veg.

   To pave a road.

3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to jab, thrust ^deriv. syn.
4. (transitive, intransitive, governs the dative) to park (a vehicle) ^syn.

   Ég kann ekki að leggja.‎

   I don't know how to park.

   Hvernig gekk að leggja bílnum?‎

   How did parking the car go?

5. (impersonal, with dative) to cover with ice, freeze over

   Tjörnina lagði.‎

   The lake froze over.

6. (impersonal, with dative, of smoke, smell, etc.) to waft (over an area, room, etc.)

   Reykinn lagði um húsið.‎

   The smoke filled the house.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (lay): ^def. deriv. láta
• (build): ^def. byggja
• (thrust): ^def. deriv. stinga
• (park): ^def. parkera

See also

• liggja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• leggje
• legga, legge

Etymology

From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną.

Verb

leggja ‎(present tense legg, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive leggjast, present participle leggjande, imperative legg)

1. lay; put something in a horizontal position

   Eg legg det her.

   I'll put it here.

References

• “leggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lagjaną ‎(“to lay, place”). Cognate with Old English lecgan, Old Frisian ledza, lega, leia, Old Saxon leggian, Old Dutch leggen, Old High German leggen, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(lagjan).

Verb

leggja ‎(singular past indicative lagði, plural past indicative lǫgðu, past participle lagðr)

1. to lay, place, put
2. to make, build

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• leggja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press