leggr
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *lagjaz (“leg, thigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *(ǝ)lak-, *lēk- (“leg, the main muscle of the arm or leg”). Cognate with Lombardic lagi (“thigh”).
Noun edit
leggr m (genitive leggjar, plural leggir)
Declension edit
Declension of leggr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: leggur
- Faroese: leggur
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: lægger
- Swedish: lägg
- Danish: læg
- → Middle English: leg, legge, leggue, leige, lige
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
leggr
References edit
- “leggr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press