forlegge

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)

1. to misplace, mislay (putting something somewhere, then forgetting its location)
2. to deploy; station; relocate

   Troppene ble forlagt til byen.

   The troops were stationed in the city.

3. to make all arrangements for the publication of a book etc.
4. to make a correcting adjustment

   forlegge siktepunkt

   in using a firing weapon, adjust aiming point due to conditions

5. to lay (e.g. a cable in a trench)

Related terms

• (publishing): forlag, forlegger

See also

• forelegge
• forlegen

References

• “forlegge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• forlegga
• forleggja, forleggje

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)

1. to misplace, mislay (putting something somewhere, then forgetting its location)
2. to deploy; station; relocate

   Troppene ble forlagt til byen.

   The troops were stationed in the city.

3. to make all arrangements for the publication of a book etc.
4. to make a correcting adjustment

   forlegge siktepunkt

   in using a firing weapon, adjust aiming point due to conditions

5. to lay (e.g. a cable in a trench)

Related terms

• (publishing): forlag

See also

• forlegen

References

• “forlegge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.