lege

See also: Lege, lège, legë, legę, légé, and -lege

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒ
• Homophone: ledge

Etymology 1

Noun

lege (uncountable)

1. (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)

1. (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

• leg, ledge

Noun

lege (uncountable)

1. (UK, Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.

   Synonym: ledgebag

See also

• nulla pœna sine lege

Anagrams

• Egle, glee

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lajə/, [ˈlɑːɪ]
• Homophone: leje

Etymology 1

From Old Danish lækæ, 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)

1. to play
2. to spawn

Usage notes

In compounds: "lege-".

Conjugation

Conjugation of lege

active passive infinitive lege leges present leger leges past legede legedes imperative leg — participle present legende past (have / havde) leget gerund legen

Derived terms

• legebarn
• legebord
• legehus
• legekammerat
• legeland
• legemulighed
• legeområde
• legeonkel
• legeplads
• legeredskab
• legerum
• legesager
• legestue
• legesyg
• legetante
• legetek
• legetid
• legeting
• legetøj
• legevogn
• legeværelse
• legeværk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lege c

1. indefinite plural of leg

References

• “lege” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “lege” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ɣə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: le‧ge
• Rhymes: -eːɣə

Adjective

lege

1. inflection of leeg:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Verb

lege

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of legen

Anagrams

• egel, geel, gele, leeg

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːɡə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

lege

1. inflection of legen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Interlingua

Noun

lege (plural leges)

1. law

Verb

lege

1. present of leger
2. imperative of leger

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lege m (plural leges)

1. law

Related terms

• leal

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛ.ɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.d͡ʒe]

Verb

lege

1. second-person singular present active imperative of legō

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫeː.ɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.d͡ʒe]

Noun

lēge

1. 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)/, [leːtʃ], [ˈleːdʒe]
• (Modern Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈleːdʒe/, [ˈledʒe]
• (Classical Western) IPA^(key): /ˈleːz/, [leːʃ]
• (Classical Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈleːz/, [les]

Noun

lege f (plural legi)

1. law
2. rule

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin leuca, leuga, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.

Alternative forms

• leege, leke, leuge, lewke, liege

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːɡ(ə)/, /ˈlɛu̯ɡ(ə)/, /ˈlɛːk(ə)/

Noun

lege (plural leges)

2. league (unit of meaurement)

Descendants

• English: league

References

• “lēge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 July 2018.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lige, liege; further etymology is disputed.

Alternative forms

• leege, legge, legi, leyge, liage, liege, lyege, lyge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːdʒ(ə)/, /ˈliːdʒ(ə)/

Noun

lege (plural leges or lege)

1. (One of) one's subjects or vassals; (one of) those under one's control.
2. A hireling or servant; one serving under another.
3. (rare) One's feudal overlords or superiors.

Related terms

• lege man
• legiaunce

Descendants

• English: liege
• Scots: liege

References

• “lēge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 July 2018.

Adjective

lege

1. Able to command obedience from one's inferiors.
2. Pledged to obey one's superiors; subject to duty by an authority.
3. (rare) Otherwise bound by feudal obligations.

Descendants

• English: liege

References

• “lẹ̄ǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 July 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish læge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leː.ɡɛ/, [²leː.ɡə]

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

1. a doctor (medical)

   Legen min sa at jeg har fått influensa.

   My doctor said that I got the flu.

Synonyms

• doktor

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)

1. to heal, cure

Related terms

lækje (Nynorsk)

Derived terms

• hudlege
• legekunst
• legemiddel
• livlege
• overlege
• tannlege
• øyelege

References

• “lege” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Danish læge through Norwegian Bokmål lege. Compare also lækjar, from lækja (“to heal”).

Alternative forms

• læge (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leː.ɡə/

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural legar, definite plural legane)

1. synonym of lækjar (“doctor, physician”)

Derived terms

• anestesilege
• assistentlege
• augelege
• barnelege
• bedriftslege
• distriktslege
• dyrlege
• fastlege
• fylkeslege
• hudlege
• huslege
• kvinnelege
• legeattest
• legeerklæring
• legefråsegn
• legehjelp
• legekunst
• legemiddel
• legeplante
• legeråd
• legesenter
• legestand
• legevakt
• legevitskap
• livlege
• overlege
• sesjonslege
• sjelelege
• sjukehuslege
• skipslege
• spesiallege
• stadslege
• sårlege
• tannlege

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lega.

Alternative forms

• lega, lego, legu, logo, lugu (all superseded and/or dialectal)

Noun

lege f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

1. the act of lying (resting in a horizontal position)
2. a place where something lies, e.g. an animal
3. any kind of resting place for livestock and it's shepherd (usually high in the mountains, especially in Setesdalsheiene)

Derived terms

• attlege
• dødslege
• landlege
• nattlege
• nedlege
• samlege
• sengelege
• sjukelege
• ulege
• utelege

Related terms

• leie, lægje n

Etymology 3

Related to lege f

Alternative forms

• læga (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen)

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural legar, definite plural legane)

1. a flat area used by animals to rest

Etymology 4

Participle

lege

1. neuter singular of legen

Verb

lege

1. supine of liggje
2. supine of ligge

References

• “lege” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “Lege” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• “Lega” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• Alf Eriksen (1996), Ord og uttrykk frå Dovre (in Norwegian Nynorsk), pages 122, 128, 129

Old English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.je/

Noun

lēġe

1. dative singular of lēġ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.je/

Verb

leġe

1. singular imperative of leċġan

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German legen, Dutch leggen, English lay.

Verb

lege

1. to lay
2. to put, to place

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈled͡ʒe/

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)

1. law
2. (archaic) religion, belief (in God or a divinity), credence

   Synonyms: religie, credință

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	lege	legea	legi	legile
genitive-dative	legi	legii	legi	legilor
vocative	lege, legeo		legilor

Related terms

• legal
• legitim

Etymology 2

Verb

lege

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of lega