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leggja

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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leggja (third person singular past indicative legði, third person plural past indicative løgdu, supine lagt)

  1. to lay, to put, to place
  2. (about animals) give birth, bear, bring forth, whelp, farrow, etc.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of leggja (group v-20)
infinitive leggja
supine lagt
present past
first singular leggi legði
second singular leggur legði
third singular leggur legði
plural leggja løgdu
participle (a8)1 leggjandi lagdur
imperative
singular leggj!
plural leggjið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

leggja aftrat

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to lay, to put [with accusative]
    Synonym: láta
    Leggðu bókina niður.
    Put the book down.
  2. to lay (stones, tiles, a road), to pave [with accusative]
    Synonym: byggja
    leggja hellur.
    To pave.
    leggja veg.
    To pave a road.
  3. to jab, thrust [with accusative]
    Synonym: stinga
  4. to park (a vehicle) [intransitive or with dative]
    Synonym: parkera
    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) to cause to become covered in ice, to cause to freeze over [with dative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "become covered with ice, freeze over" with the dative object as the subject)
    Tjörnina lagði.
    The lake froze over.
  6. (impersonal, of smoke, smell, etc.) to waft (over an area, room, etc.)
  7. (impersonal) to cause to waft, to cause to fill [with accusative ‘smoke, a smell, etc.’ and um (+ accusative) ‘(over) an area, room, etc.’] (idiomatically translated as "waft over" or "fill" with the accusative object as the subject)
    Reykinn lagði um húsið.
    The smoke filled the house.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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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

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

  1. to lay, place, put
  2. to make, build
  3. to impale, pierce, run through
    hann leggr þann með spjóti
    he impales him with a spear
Conjugation
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Conjugation of leggja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive leggja
present participle leggjandi
past participle lagðr, lagiðr, laginn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular legg lagða leggja legða
2nd person singular leggr lagðir leggir legðir
3rd person singular leggr lagði leggi legði
1st person plural leggjum lǫgðum leggim legðim
2nd person plural leggið lǫgðuð leggið legðið
3rd person plural leggja lǫgðu leggi legði
imperative present
2nd person singular legg
1st person plural leggjum
2nd person plural leggið
Conjugation of leggja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive leggjask
present participle leggjandisk
past participle lagzk, lagizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular leggjumk lǫgðumk leggjumk legðumk
2nd person singular leggsk lagðisk leggisk legðisk
3rd person singular leggsk lagðisk leggisk legðisk
1st person plural leggjumsk lǫgðumsk leggimsk legðimsk
2nd person plural leggizk lǫgðuzk leggizk legðizk
3rd person plural leggjask lǫgðusk leggisk legðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular leggsk
1st person plural leggjumsk
2nd person plural leggizk
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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leggja m

  1. genitive plural indefinite of leggr

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “leggja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive