lege
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
lege (uncountable)
- (US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.
Etymology 2Edit
Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).
VerbEdit
lege (third-person singular simple present leges, present participle leging, simple past and past participle leged)
- (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.
- c. 1360, Geoffrey Chaucer, Court of Love
- To reson faste, and ledge auctoritie.
- 1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms
Etymology 3Edit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
lege (uncountable)
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną (“to jump, play”), cognate with Norwegian leike, leke, Swedish leka, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan).
VerbEdit
lege (past tense legede, past participle leget)
Usage notesEdit
In compounds: "lege-".
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
lege c
- indefinite plural of leg
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
lege
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
VerbEdit
lege
- inflection of legen:
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
lege (plural leges)
VerbEdit
lege
- present of leger
- imperative of leger
LadinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lex, legem.
NounEdit
lege m (plural leges)
Related termsEdit
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
lege
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lēge
LombardEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- legg, lesg (Milanese classical orthography)
- legge (Cremonese orthography)
- lez (Brescian classical orthography)
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lex, legem (“law”).
PronunciationEdit
- (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]
NounEdit
lege f (plural legi)
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Late Latin leuca, leuga, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lege (plural leges)
- league (unit of meaurement)
DescendantsEdit
- English: league
ReferencesEdit
- “lēge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lige, liege; further etymology is disputed.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lege (plural leges or lege)
- (One of) one's subjects or vassals; (one of) those under one's control.
- A hireling or servant; one serving under another.
- (rare) One's feudal overlords or superiors.
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “lēge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.
AdjectiveEdit
lege
- Able to command obedience from one's inferiors.
- Pledged to obey one's superiors; subject to duty by an authority.
- (rare) Otherwise bound by feudal obligations.
DescendantsEdit
- English: liege
ReferencesEdit
- “lẹ̄ǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)
- a doctor
SynonymsEdit
VerbEdit
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)
Related termsEdit
lækje (Bokmål)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “lege” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Danish læge through Norwegian Bokmål lege. Compare also lækjar, from lækja (“to heal”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural legar, definite plural legane)
- Synonym of lækjar (“doctor, physician”)
Derived termsEdit
- anestesilege
- assistentlege
- augelege
- barnelege
- bedriftslege
- distriktslege
- dyrlege
- fastlege
- fylkeslege
- hudlege
- huslege
- kvinnelege
- legeattest
- legeerklæring
- legefråsegn
- legehjelp
- legekunst
- legemiddel
- legeplante
- legeråd
- legesenter
- legestand
- legevakt
- legevitskap
- livlege
- overlege
- sesjonslege
- sjelelege
- sjukehuslege
- skipslege
- spesiallege
- stadslege
- sårlege
- tannlege
Etymology 2Edit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
lege f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)
- the act of lying (resting in a horizontal position)
- a place where something lies, e.g. an animal
- any kind of resting place for livestock and it's shepherd (usually high in the mountains, especially in Setesdalsheiene)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
ParticipleEdit
lege
VerbEdit
lege
ReferencesEdit
- “lege” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Compare German legen, Dutch leggen, English lay.
VerbEdit
lege
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin lēgem, accusative of lēx, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”).
NounEdit
lege f (plural legi)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
lege