legge

== English == === Noun === legge (plural legges) Obsolete spelling of leg. === Anagrams === eggel == Central Franconian == === Alternative forms === ligge (Kölsch) lijje (westernmost Ripuarian) liede (northernmost Ripuarian) liere (Siegerland) leide (other Moselle Franconian) === Etymology === From Middle High German līden, from Old High German līdan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleɡə/ === Verb === legge (third-person singular present tense legg, past tense lett, past participle jeledde or jelegge) (most dialects of Ripuarian) to suffer ==== Derived terms ==== Hongerlegger == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === legge (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of leggen == Italian == === Etymology 1 === From Latin lēgem. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈled.d͡ʒe/ Rhymes: -eddʒe Hyphenation: lég‧ge ==== Noun ==== legge f (plural leggi) law ===== Derived terms ===== leggina ===== Related terms ===== leale legale legittimo ===== Descendants ===== → Esperanto: leĝo === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlɛd.d͡ʒe/ Rhymes: -ɛddʒe Hyphenation: lèg‧ge ==== Verb ==== legge third-person singular present indicative of leggere == Lombard == === Etymology === From Latin lex, legem (“law”). === Pronunciation === (Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈleːdʒe/, [ˈledʒe] === Noun === legge f (plural leggi) alternative form of lege (“law”) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== legge alternative form of leg ===== Descendants ===== English: leg === Etymology 2 === Usually considered to be from leggen, a variant of leyen (“to put, lay (down, waste to)”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ledge, lege ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlɛdʒ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== legge (plural legges) supporting beam, supporting bar, bracing ===== Derived terms ===== legement ===== Descendants ===== English: ledge ===== References ===== “leǧǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 April 2018. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== legge alternative form of lege (“liege”) ==== Adjective ==== legge alternative form of lege (adjective) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Cognates include Danish lægge, Swedish lägga, German legen, Dutch leggen, and English lay. Compare with ligge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlêɡːe/, [ˈlɛ̂ɡːə] === Verb === legge (present tense legger, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive legges, present participle leggende, imperative legg) to lay, put, place ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== lag === References === “legge” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse leggja. === Verb === legge (present tense legg, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive leggast, present participle leggande, imperative legg) to lay, put, place to build, make. to spread out. ==== Alternative forms ==== legga leggja, leggje === References === “legge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.