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lege

See also: Lege, lège, legë, legę, and -lege

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Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

lege (uncountable)

  1. (US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.

Etymology 2 edit

Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).

Verb edit

lege (third-person singular simple present leges, present participle leging, simple past and past participle leged)

  1. (obsolete) To allege; to assert.
    • 1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms:
      Not onely he legeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome.

Etymology 3 edit

Clipping of legend.

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Noun edit

lege (uncountable)

  1. (UK, Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.
    Synonym: ledgebag

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Danish edit

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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną (“to jump, play”), cognate with Norwegian leike, leke, Swedish leka, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan).

Verb edit

lege (past tense legede, past participle leget)

  1. to play
  2. to spawn
Usage notes edit

In compounds: "lege-".

Conjugation edit
Inflection of lege
present past
simple leger legede
perfect har leget havde leget
passive leges legedes
participle legende leget
imperative leg —
infinitive lege —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund legen —
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Derived terms

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

lege c

  1. indefinite plural of leg

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːɣə

Verb edit

lege

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

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German edit

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lege

  1. inflection of legen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Interlingua edit

Noun edit

lege (plural leges)

  1. law

Verb edit

lege

  1. present of leger
  2. imperative of leger

Ladin edit

Etymology edit

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun edit

lege m (plural leges)

  1. law

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Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

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lege

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of legō

Etymology 2 edit

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Noun edit

lēge

  1. ablative singular of lēx

Lombard edit

Alternative forms edit

  • legg, lesg (Milanese classical orthography)
  • legge (Cremonese orthography)
  • lez (Brescian classical orthography)

Etymology edit

From Latin lex, legem (“law”).

Pronunciation edit

  • (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]

Noun edit

lege f (plural legi)

  1. law
  2. rule

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Late Latin leuca, leuga, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛːɡ(ə)/, /ˈlɛu̯ɡ(ə)/, /ˈlɛːk(ə)/

Noun edit

lege (plural leges)

  2. league (unit of meaurement)
Descendants edit
  • English: league
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lige, liege; further etymology is disputed.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːdʒ(ə)/, /ˈliːdʒ(ə)/

Noun edit

lege (plural leges or lege)

  1. (One of) one's subjects or vassals; (one of) those under one's control.
  2. A hireling or servant; one serving under another.
  3. (rare) One's feudal overlords or superiors.
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Adjective edit

lege

  1. Able to command obedience from one's inferiors.
  2. Pledged to obey one's superiors; subject to duty by an authority.
  3. (rare) Otherwise bound by feudal obligations.
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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Danish læge.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /leː.ɡɛ/, [²leː.ɡə]

Noun edit

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

  1. a doctor

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Verb edit

lege (imperative leg, present tense leger, passive leges, simple past lega or leget or legte, past participle lega or leget or legt, present participle legende)

  1. to heal, cure

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lækje (Nynorsk)

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Danish læge through Norwegian Bokmål lege. Compare also lækjar, from lækja (“to heal”).

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Noun edit

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural legar, definite plural legane)

  1. Synonym of lækjar (“doctor, physician”)
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse lega.

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Noun edit

lege f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

  1. the act of lying (resting in a horizontal position)
  2. a place where something lies, e.g. an animal
  3. any kind of resting place for livestock and it's shepherd (usually high in the mountains, especially in Setesdalsheiene)
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Etymology 3 edit

Participle edit

lege

  1. neuter singular of legen

Verb edit

lege

  1. supine of liggje
  2. supine of ligge

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Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German legen, Dutch leggen, English lay.

Verb edit

lege

  1. to lay
  2. to put, to place

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

lege f (plural legi)

  1. law
  2. (archaic) religion, belief (in God or a divinity), credence
    Synonyms: religie, credință
Declension edit
Declension of lege
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) lege legea (niște) legi legile
genitive/dative (unei) legi legii (unor) legi legilor
vocative lege, legeo legilor
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

lege

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of lega
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