legge

legge (plural legges)

1. Obsolete spelling of leg.

• eggel

• ligge (Kölsch)
• lijje (westernmost Ripuarian)
• liede (northernmost Ripuarian)
• liere (Siegerland)
• leide (other Moselle Franconian)

From Middle High German līden, from Old High German līdan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɡə/

legge (third-person singular present tense legg, past tense lett, past participle jeledde or jelegge)

1. (most dialects of Ripuarian) to suffer

• Hongerlegger

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legge

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of leggen

From Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈled.d͡ʒe/

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• Rhymes: -eddʒe
• Hyphenation: lég‧ge

legge f (plural leggi)

1. law

• leggina

• leale
• legale
• legittimo

• → Esperanto: leĝo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ɛddʒe
• Hyphenation: lèg‧ge

legge

1. third-person singular present indicative of leggere

From Latin lex, legem (“law”).

• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈleːdʒe/, [ˈledʒe]

legge f (plural leggi)

1. Alternative form of lege (“law”)

legge (plural legges)

1. Alternative form of leg

• English: leg

Usually considered to be from leggen, a variant of leyen (“to put, lay (down, waste to)”).

• ledge, lege

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛdʒ(ə)/

legge (plural legges)

2. supporting beam, supporting bar, bracing

• legement

• English: ledge
• Yola: lhauch (figurative)

• “leǧǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

legge

1. Alternative form of lege (“liege”)

legge

1. Alternative form of lege (adjective)

From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Cognates include Danish lægge, Swedish lägga, German legen, Dutch leggen, and English lay. Compare with ligge.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlêɡːe/, [ˈlɛ̂ɡːə]

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legge (present tense legger, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive legges, present participle leggende, imperative legg)

1. to lay, put, place

• lag

• “legge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse leggja.

legge (present tense legg, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive leggast, present participle leggande, imperative legg)

1. to lay, put, place
2. to build, make.
3. to spread out.

• legga
• leggja, leggje

• “legge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.