leggja

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

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

leggja aftrat

• to add

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛcːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛcːa

leggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lagði, supine lagt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to lay, to put

   Leggðu bókina niður.

   Put the book down.

2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to lay (stones, tiles, a road), to pave

   Að leggja hellur.

   To pave.

   Að leggja veg.

   To pave a road.

3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to jab, thrust
4. (transitive, intransitive, governs the dative) to park (a vehicle)

   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.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (lay): láta
• (build): byggja
• (thrust): stinga
• (park): parkera

• liggja

• leggje
• legga, legge

From Old Norse leggja (“lay, put, place”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Akin to English lay.

• IPA^(key): /²lɛjːɑ/, /²lɛɟ͡ʝːɑ/, /²lɛʝːɑ/

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.

• leggja seg

• “leggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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).

leggja (singular past indicative lagði, plural past indicative lǫgðu, past participle lagðr)

1. to lay, place, put
2. to make, build

• Icelandic: leggja
• Faroese: leggja
• Norn: legga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: leggja, leggje, legga
• Old Swedish: læggia
  • Swedish: lägga
• Danish: lægge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: legge
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: legge
• Old Gutnish: leggia
  • Gutnish: lägge, lägg', lägga

leggja m

1. genitive plural indefinite of leggr

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