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Viking Language Dictionary - leggja

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "leggja"

leggja
vb (3) to lay, place, put; appoint, fix; stab, thrust; leggja á impose; leggja frá withdraw; leggja í spánu smash into pieces; leggja til attack (by stabbing); leggja til barðaga attack; leggja til [f somebody or something,’ genetive)">e-s] með [e-u] attack [sb] with [sth]; leggja undir sik conquer; lífit á leggja lay down one’s life; leggjask mid lay, set oneself; leggjask á [e-t] prey upon (of robbers, beasts of prey, etc), fall upon, attack [sth]; leggjask niðr lay oneself down; leggjask út set out (into the wilderness to live as an outlaw)

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁᛆ

Abbreviations used:

e-s
einhvers ‘of somebody or something,’ genetive)
e-t
einhvern, eitthvat ‘somebody, something’ accusative
e-u
einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
etc
et cetera
f
feminine
imp
imperative
leg
legal usage
mid
middle voice
n
neuter
pl
plural
sb
somebody
sth
something
vb
verb
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