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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
for- + legge; from Middle Low German vorlegen, vorleggen. Compare with the German verb verlegen (“misplace”).
Verb
forlegge (imperative forlegg, present tense forlegger, passive forlegges, simple past forla, past participle forlagt, present participle forleggende)
- to misplace, mislay (putting something somewhere, then forgetting its location)
- to deploy; station; relocate
- Troppene ble forlagt til byen.
- The troops were stationed in the city.
- to make all arrangements for the publication of a book etc.
- to make a correcting adjustment
- forlegge siktepunkt
- in using a firing weapon, adjust aiming point due to conditions
- to lay (e.g. a cable in a trench)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
for- + legge; from Middle Low German vorlegen, vorleggen. Compare with the German verb verlegen (“misplace”).
Verb
forlegge (present tense forlegg, past tense forla, past participle forlagt, passive infinitive forleggast, present participle forleggande, imperative forlegg)
- to misplace, mislay (putting something somewhere, then forgetting its location)
- to deploy; station; relocate
- Troppene ble forlagt til byen.
- The troops were stationed in the city.
- to make all arrangements for the publication of a book etc.
- to make a correcting adjustment
- forlegge siktepunkt
- in using a firing weapon, adjust aiming point due to conditions
- to lay (e.g. a cable in a trench)
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