leggja

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

Conjugation of leggja (group v-20)
infinitive leggja
supine lagt
participle (a8)1 leggjandi lagdur
present past
first singular leggi legði
second singular leggur legði
third singular leggur legði
plural leggja løgdu
imperative
singular leggj!
plural leggjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

leggja aftrat

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to lay, to put
    Leggðu bókina niður.
    Put the book down.
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to lay (stones, tiles, a road), to pave
    Að leggja hellur.
    To pave.
    Að leggja veg.
    To pave a road.
  3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to jab, thrust
  4. (transitive, intransitive, governs the dative) to park (a vehicle)
    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

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Synonyms

Derived terms

terms derived from leggja (“to lay, to put”)
terms derived from leggja (“to thrust, to jab”)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse leggja (“lay, put, place”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Akin to English lay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lɛjːɑ/, /²lɛɟ͡ʝːɑ/, /²lɛʝːɑ/

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.
  2. to build, make.
  3. to spread out.

leggja att

  1. to leave, leave behind
    Eg legg att nokon bøker som eg ikkje treng meir.
    I will leave (behind) some books that I don't need anymore.

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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
Conjugation of leggja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive leggja
present participle leggjandi
past participle lagðr, lagiðr, laginn
indicative present past
1st-person singular legg lagða
2nd-person singular leggr lagðir
3rd-person singular leggr lagði
1st-person plural leggjum lǫgðum
2nd-person plural leggið lǫgðuð
3rd-person plural leggja lǫgðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular leggja legða
2nd-person singular leggir legðir
3rd-person singular leggi legði
1st-person plural leggim legðim
2nd-person plural leggið legðið
3rd-person plural leggi legði
imperative present
2nd-person singular legg
1st-person plural leggjum
2nd-person plural leggið
Conjugation of leggja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive leggjask
present participle leggjandisk
past participle lagzk, lagizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular leggjumk lǫgðumk
2nd-person singular leggsk lagðisk
3rd-person singular leggsk lagðisk
1st-person plural leggjumsk lǫgðumsk
2nd-person plural leggizk lǫgðuzk
3rd-person plural leggjask lǫgðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular leggjumk legðumk
2nd-person singular leggisk legðisk
3rd-person singular leggisk legðisk
1st-person plural leggimsk legðimsk
2nd-person plural leggizk legðizk
3rd-person plural leggisk legðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular leggsk
1st-person plural leggjumsk
2nd-person plural leggizk
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

leggja m

  1. genitive plural indefinite of leggr

References

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