lege

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

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛdʒ/

Etymology 1

Noun

lege (uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.

Etymology 2

Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).

Verb

1. (obsolete) To allege; to assert.
   • Bishop Fisher

     Not only he legeth his mercy to bind his reason, but also his wysdome.

   • Chaucer, Court of Love, v. 1065.

     To reson faste, and ledge auctoritie.

Etymology 3

Clipping of legend.

Noun

lege (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• Egle, glee

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lajə/, [ˈlɑjə], [ˈlɑːɪ]

Verb

lege (imperative leg, infinitive at lege, present tense leger, past tense legede, perfect tense har leget)

1. play
2. spawn

Usage notes

In compounds: "lege-".

Derived terms

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 leg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lajə/, [ˈlɑjə], [ˈlɑːɪ]

Noun

lege c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of leg

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eːɣə

Verb

lege

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of legen

Anagrams

• egel, geel, gele, leeg

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

lege

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of legen.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of legen.
3. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of legen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of legen.

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Interlingua

Noun

lege (plural leges)

1. law

Verb

lege

1. present of leger
2. imperative of leger

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lege m (plural leges)

1. law

Related terms

• leal

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Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡe/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒe/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) lege

1. second-person singular present active imperative of legō

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ɡe/, [ˈɫ̪eːɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒe/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) lēge

1. ablative singular of lēx

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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• leege, liege, lewke, leuge, leke

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 2018-07-26.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːdʒ(ə)/, /ˈliːdʒ(ə)/

Noun

lege (plural leges or lege)

2. (One of) one's subjects or vassals; (one of) those under one's control.
3. A hireling or servant; one who is in another's service.
4. (rare) One's feudal overlords or superiors.

Related terms

• lege man
• ligeaunce

Descendants

• English: liege
• Scots: liege

References

• “lēge (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Adjective

lege

1. Being able to command obedience from one's inferiors.
2. Tied by pledge to obey one's superiors; being subjected by an authority to duty.
3. (rare) Otherwise bound by feudal obligations.

Descendants

• English: liege

References

• “lẹ̄ǧe (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old English læce and Old Norse læknari

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leːɡʲə/

Noun

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

1. a doctor

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 (Bokmål)

Derived terms

Terms derived from lege (both noun and verb)

• hudlege
• legekunst
• legemiddel

• livlege
• overlege

• tannlege
• øyelege

References

• “lege” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːɡə/

Etymology 1

From Danish læge

Noun

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

1. doctor (physician)

Synonyms

• dokter, lækjar

Derived terms

• hudlege
• legemiddel (derived from the Bokmål verb lege)
• livlege
• tannlege

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lega.

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

Verb

lege

1. (deprecated template usage) neuter past participle of liggja and ligga

Further reading

• “lege” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German legen, Dutch leggen, English lay.

Verb

lege

1. to lay
2. to put, to place

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈled͡ʒe/

Etymology 1

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

Declension

Declension of lege

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) lege	legea	(niște) legi	legile
genitive/dative	(unei) legi	legii	(unor) legi	legilor
vocative	lege, legeo		legilor

Synonyms

• (belief): religie, credință

Related terms

• legal
• legitim

Etymology 2

Verb

lege

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