leggr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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. (anatomy) 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	legg	legginum	leggjum	leggjunum
genitive	leggjar	leggjarins	leggja	leggjanna

Derived terms

• fótleggr
• leggheill
• leggjabrot
• leggjabǫnd
• leggjaknútar
• leggþáttr

Descendants

• Icelandic: leggur
• Faroese: leggur
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: legg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: legg
• Old Swedish: lægger
  • Swedish: lägg
• Danish: læg
• → Middle English: leg, legge, leggue, leige, lige
  • English: leg
    • → Finnish: legi
    • → Hungarian: leg
  • Scots: leg

Etymology 2

Verb

leggr

1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of leggja

Further reading

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