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Icelandic
Etymology
From liggja (“to lie”) + í (“in”) + kör (“a bed in which one lies bedridden”). Compare karlægur (“bedridden on account of old age”).
Verb
liggja í kör
- to lie bedridden, to be bedridden due to old age
Að leggjast í kör.- To lay oneself down bedridden.