leggja

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Faroese

Etymology

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

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 putTemplate:jump
    Leggðu bókina niður.
    Put the book down.
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to lay (stones, tiles, a road), to paveTemplate:jump
    leggja hellur.
    To pave.
    leggja veg.
    To pave a road.
  3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to jab, thrustTemplate:jump
  4. (transitive, intransitive, governs the dative) to park (a vehicle)Template:jump
    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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See also


Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Akin to English lay.

  1. to lay, put, place

Pronunciation

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

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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

Descendants

  • Danish: lægge
  • Faroese: leggja
  • Icelandic: leggja

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References

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