lege (uncountable)
- (US, colloquial)Clipping oflegislature.
Abbreviated fromallege(“to assert”).
lege (third-person singular simple presentleges,present participleleging,simple past and past participleleged)
- (obsolete) Toallege; toassert.
1508,John Fisher,Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms:Not onely helegeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome.
Clipping oflegend.
lege (uncountable)
- (UK, Ireland, slang) Alegend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.
- Synonym:ledgebag
FromOld Norseleika, fromProto-Germanic*laikaną(“to jump, play”), cognate withNorwegianleike,leke,Swedishleka,Gothic𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽(laikan).
lege (past tenselegede,past participleleget)
- toplay
- tospawn
In compounds: "lege-".
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
lege c
- indefiniteplural ofleg
lege
- inflection ofleeg:
- masculine/femininesingularattributive
- definiteneutersingularattributive
- pluralattributive
lege
- (dated or formal)singularpresentsubjunctive oflegen
lege
- inflection oflegen:
- first-personsingularpresent
- singularimperative
- first/third-personsingularsubjunctive I
lege (pluralleges)
- law
lege
- present ofleger
- imperative ofleger
FromLatinlex, legem.
lege m (pluralleges)
- law
lege
- second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative oflegō
lēge
- ablativesingular oflēx
- legg,lesg(Milanese classical orthography)
- legge(Cremonese orthography)
- lez(Brescian classical orthography)
FromLatinlex, legem(“law”).
- (Modern Western)IPA(key): /ˈleːdʒ(e)/,[leːtʃ],[ˈleːdʒe]
- (Modern Eastern)IPA(key): /ˈleːdʒe/,[ˈledʒe]
- (Classical Western)IPA(key): /ˈleːz/,[leːʃ]
- (Classical Eastern)IPA(key): /ˈleːz/,[les]
lege f (plurallegi)
- law
- rule
Borrowed fromLate Latinleuca,leuga, fromProto-Celtic*lougā.
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛːɡ(ə)/,/ˈlɛu̯ɡ(ə)/,/ˈlɛːk(ə)/
lege (pluralleges)
- league(unit of meaurement)
Borrowed fromAnglo-Normanlige,liege; further etymology is disputed.
- IPA(key): /ˈleːdʒ(ə)/,/ˈliːdʒ(ə)/
lege (pluralleges orlege)
- (One of) one'ssubjects orvassals; (one of) those under one'scontrol.
- Ahireling orservant; oneserving under another.
- (rare) One's feudaloverlords orsuperiors.
lege
- Able to commandobedience from one'sinferiors.
- Pledged to obey one'ssuperiors;subject to duty by anauthority.
- (rare) Otherwise bound byfeudalobligations.
FromDanishlæge.
lege m (definite singularlegen,indefinite pluralleger,definite plurallegene)
- adoctor (medical)
Legen min sa at jeg har fått influensa.- Mydoctor said that I got the flu.
lege (imperativeleg,present tenseleger,passiveleges,simple pastlegaorlegetorlegte,past participlelegaorlegetorlegt,present participlelegende)
- toheal,cure
lækje(Nynorsk)
- “lege” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
FromDanishlæge throughNorwegian Bokmållege. Compare alsolækjar, fromlækja(“to heal”).
lege m (definite singularlegen,indefinite plurallegar,definite plurallegane)
- synonym oflækjar(“doctor, physician”)
FromOld Norselega.
lege f (definite singularlega,indefinite pluralleger,definite plurallegene)
- the act oflying(resting in a horizontal position)
- a place where something lies, e.g. an animal
- any kind ofresting place forlivestock and it'sshepherd (usually high in the mountains, especially inSetesdalsheiene)
Related tolege f
lege m (definite singularlegen,indefinite plurallegar,definite plurallegane)
- a flat area used by animals to rest
lege
- neutersingular oflegen
lege
- supine ofliggje
- supine ofligge
- “lege” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “Lege” in Ivar Aasen (1873)Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
- “Lega” in Ivar Aasen (1873)Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
- Alf Eriksen (1996),Ord og uttrykk frå Dovre (in Norwegian Nynorsk), pages122, 128, 129
leġe
- singularimperative ofleċġan
Pennsylvania German
[edit]CompareGermanlegen,Dutchleggen,Englishlay.
lege
- tolay
- toput, toplace
Inherited fromLatinlēgem, accusative oflēx, fromProto-Italic*lēg-, fromProto-Indo-European*leǵ-s, from*leǵ-(“to gather”).
lege f (plurallegi)
- law
- (archaic)religion,belief (in God or a divinity),credence
- Synonyms:religie,credință
lege
- third-personsingular/pluralpresentsubjunctive oflega
