lege

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

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒ

Etymology 1

Noun

lege (uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.

Etymology 2

Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).

Verb

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.

   • c. 1360, Geoffrey Chaucer, Court of Love:

     To reson faste, and ledge auctoritie.

Etymology 3

Clipping of legend.

Alternative forms

• leg, ledge

Noun

lege (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: ledgebag

See also

• nulla pœna sine lege

Anagrams

• Egle, glee

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lajə/, [ˈlɑːɪ]
• Homophone: leje

Etymology 1

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

Verb

lege (past tense legede, past participle leget)

1. to play
2. to spawn

Usage notes

In compounds: "lege-".

Conjugation

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	—

Derived terms

Derived terms

• legebarn
• legebord
• legehus
• legekammerat
• legeland
• legemulighed
• legeområde
• legeonkel
• legeplads
• legeredskab
• legerum
• legesager
• legestue
• legesyg
• legetante
• legetek
• legetid
• legeting
• legetøj
• legevogn
• legeværelse
• legeværk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lege c

1. indefinite plural of leg

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eːɣə

Verb

lege

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

Anagrams

• egel, geel, gele, leeg

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

lege

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

Interlingua

Noun

lege (plural leges)

1. law

Verb

lege

1. present of leger
2. imperative of leger

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lege m (plural leges)

1. law

Related terms

• leal

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡe/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒe/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]

Verb

lege

1. second-person singular present active imperative of legō

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ɡe/, [ˈɫ̪eːɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒe/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]

Noun

lēge

1. ablative singular of lēx

Lombard

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem (“law”).

Pronunciation

• (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

lege f (plural legi)

1. law
2. rule

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• leege, leke, leuge, lewke, liege

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lege (plural leges)

2. league (unit of meaurement)

Descendants

• English: league

References

• “lēge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• leege, legge, legi, leyge, liage, liege, lyege, lyge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːdʒ(ə)/, /ˈliːdʒ(ə)/

Noun

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.

Related terms

• lege man
• legiaunce

Descendants

• English: liege
• Scots: liege

References

• “lēge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Adjective

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.

Descendants

• English: liege

References

• “lẹ̄ǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish læge.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leː.ɡɛ/, [²leː.ɡə]

Noun

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

1. a doctor

Synonyms

• doktor

Verb

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

Related terms

lækje (Nynorsk)

Derived terms

• hudlege
• legekunst
• legemiddel
• livlege
• overlege
• tannlege
• øyelege

 

References

• “lege” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leː.ɡə/

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• 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 2

From Old Norse lega.

Alternative forms

• lega, lego, legu, logo, lugu (all superseded and/or dialectal)

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• attlege
• dødslege
• landlege
• nattlege
• nedlege
• samlege
• sengelege
• sjukelege
• ulege
• utelege

 

Etymology 3

Participle

lege

1. neuter singular of legen

Verb

lege

1. supine of liggje
2. supine of ligge

References

• “lege” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German legen, Dutch leggen, English lay.

Verb

lege

1. to lay
2. to put, to place

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈled͡ʒe/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lege f (plural legi)

1. law
2. (archaic) religion, belief (in God or a divinity), credence

   Synonyms: religie, credință

Declension

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

Related terms

• legal
• legitim

Etymology 2

Verb

lege

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