# 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: /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

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

legge
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of leggen

## Italian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈled.d͡ʒe/
* Audio:(file)
* 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: /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: /ˈleːdʒe/, [ˈledʒe]

### Noun

legge f (plural leggi)
* Alternative form of lege (“law”)

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

legge (plural legges)
* 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: /ˈlɛdʒ(ə)/

#### Noun

legge (plural legges)
* supporting beam, supporting bar, bracing

##### Derived terms

* legement

##### Descendants

* English: ledge
* Yola: lhauch (figurative)

##### References

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

### 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: /ˈlêɡːe/, [ˈlɛ̂ɡːə]
* Audio:(file)

### 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

* bøtelegge
* fargelegge
* fastlegge
* forelegge
* forlegge
* framlegge
* fremlegge
* gravlegge
* grunnlegge
* ilegge
* innlegge
* islagt
* kartlegge
* legge an på
* legge bi
* legge fra land
* legge ned
* legge opp
* legge på
* legge seg ut med
* legge til
* legge til lands
* legge ut
* leggetid
* leggevann
* leggevatn
* nedlegge
* planlegge
* pålegge
* skattlegge
* skrinlegge
* tilbakelegge
* tillegge
* tilrettelegge
* tørrlegge
* vektlegging
* ødelegge

#### 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.