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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
lege (uncountable)
- (US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.
Etymology 2
Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).
Verb
lege (third-person singular simple present leges, present participle leging, simple past and past participle leged)
- (obsolete) To allege; to assert.
1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms:Not onely he legeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome.
Etymology 3
Clipping of legend.
Alternative forms
Noun
lege (uncountable)
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.
- Synonym: ledgebag
See also
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną (“to jump, play”), cognate with Norwegian leike, leke, Swedish leka, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan).
Verb
lege (past tense legede, past participle leget)
- to play
- to spawn
Usage notes
In compounds: "lege-".
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
lege c
- indefinite plural of leg
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
lege
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of legen
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Verb
lege
- inflection of legen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Interlingua
Noun
lege (plural leges)
- law
Verb
lege
- present of leger
- imperative of leger
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin lex, legem.
Noun
lege m (plural leges)
- law
Related terms
Latin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
lege
- second-person singular present active imperative of legō
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
lēge
- ablative singular of lēx
Lombard
Alternative forms
- legg, lesg (Milanese classical orthography)
- legge (Cremonese orthography)
- lez (Brescian classical orthography)
Etymology
From Latin lex, legem (“law”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Western) IPA(key): /ˈleːdʒ(e)/, ,
- (Modern Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈleːdʒe/,
- (Classical Western) IPA(key): /ˈleːz/,
- (Classical Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈleːz/,
Noun
lege f (plural legi)
- law
- rule
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin leuca, leuga, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛːɡ(ə)/, /ˈlɛu̯ɡ(ə)/, /ˈlɛːk(ə)/
Noun
lege (plural leges)
- league (unit of meaurement)
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lige, liege; further etymology is disputed.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleːdʒ(ə)/, /ˈliːdʒ(ə)/
Noun
lege (plural leges or lege)
- (One of) one's subjects or vassals; (one of) those under one's control.
- A hireling or servant; one serving under another.
- (rare) One's feudal overlords or superiors.
Related terms
Descendants
References
Adjective
lege
- Able to command obedience from one's inferiors.
- Pledged to obey one's superiors; subject to duty by an authority.
- (rare) Otherwise bound by feudal obligations.
Descendants
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish læge.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /leː.ɡɛ/,
Noun
lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)
- a doctor
Synonyms
Verb
lege (imperative leg, present tense leger, passive leges, simple past lega or leget or legte, past participle lega or leget or legt, present participle legende)
- to heal, cure
Related terms
lækje (Nynorsk)
Derived terms
References
- “lege” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Danish læge through Norwegian Bokmål lege. Compare also lækjar, from lækja (“to heal”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural legar, definite plural legane)
- Synonym of lækjar (“doctor, physician”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse lega.
Alternative forms
Noun
lege f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)
- the act of lying (resting in a horizontal position)
- a place where something lies, e.g. an animal
- any kind of resting place for livestock and it's shepherd (usually high in the mountains, especially in Setesdalsheiene)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Participle
lege
- neuter singular of legen
Verb
lege
- supine of liggje
- supine of ligge
References
- “lege” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German legen, Dutch leggen, English lay.
Verb
lege
- to lay
- to put, to place
Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin lēgem, accusative of lēx, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”).
Noun
lege f (plural legi)
- law
- (archaic) religion, belief (in God or a divinity), credence
- Synonyms: religie, credință
Declension
Declension of lege
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singular
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plural
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(o) lege
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legea
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(niște) legi
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legile
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genitive/dative
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(unei) legi
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legii
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(unor) legi
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legilor
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vocative
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lege, legeo
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legilor
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Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
lege
- third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of lega