legge

legge (plural legges)

1. Obsolete spelling of leg

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legge

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of leggen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈled.d͡ʒe/
• Stress: légge

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legge f (plural leggi)

1. law

• leggina

• leale
• legale
• legittimo

See the etymology of the main entry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd.d͡ʒe/

legge

1. third-person singular indicative present of leggere

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)

1. supporting beam, supporting bar, bracing

• legement

• English: ledge

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

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lige.

legge

1. Alternative form of lege (“liege”)

legge

1. Alternative form of lege (adjective)

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

• IPA^(key): /lɛddʒə/

legge

1. to read

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): /ˈlêɡe/

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.

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

1. Alternative form of leggja