leggr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lagjaz (“leg, thigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *(ǝ)lak-, *lēk- (“leg, the main muscle of the arm or leg”). Cognate with Lombardic lagi (“thigh”).

Noun

leggr m (genitive leggjar, plural leggir)

1. leg, stem

Declension

  Declension of leggr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	leggr	leggrinn	leggir	leggirnir
accusative	legg	legginn	leggi	leggina
dative	leggi	legginum	leggjum	leggjunum
genitive	leggjar	leggjarins	leggja	leggjanna

Descendants

• Danish: læg c
• English: leg
• Faroese: leggur m
• Icelandic: leggur m

• Norwegian: legg m
• Scots: leg
• Swedish: lägg c

References

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