Leggja

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

leggja Old Icelandic word can mean:

leggja

(legg, lagða, lagiðr, lagðr, laginn), v.

leggja

1) to lay, place (Már hafði lagt höfuð sitt í kné Rannveigar);

leggja

~ net, to lay a net;

leggja

2) to put;

leggja

~ eld í, to put fire to;

leggja

~ söðul á hest, to put a saddle on a horse;

leggja

~ árar upp, to lay up the oars, give up pulling;

leggja

~ ofan segi, to haul down, take in the sails;

leggja

~ at jörðu, at velli (or við jörðu, við velli), to overthrow, slay, kill;

leggja

~ hlut sinn, to lose one’s lot, be worsted;

leggja

3) to lay, drop, of a beast (hvelparnir, er eigi vóru lagðir);

leggja

4) to lay, make, build;

leggja

~ garða, to make fences;

leggja

5) to appoint, fix (~ stefnu, leika, bardaga);

leggja

6) to tax, value (hann lagði hálft landit fyrir sex tigi silfrs);

leggja

~ e-n úgildan, to award no fine for, put no price on;

leggja

~ at léttu, to make light of;

leggja

7) to settle;

leggja

~ sakar, to settle strife;

leggja

~ lög, to lay down laws;

leggja

~ leið sína, to take a direction;

leggja

hann lagði mjök kvámur sínar í Ögr, he was in the habit of coming often to O.;

leggja

8) to allot, assign (þér mun lagit verða at vera einvaldskonungr yfir Noregi);

leggja

hvat mun til líkna lagt Sigurði, what comfort is there appointed for S.?;

leggja

þér var lengra líf lagit, a longer life was destined for thee;

leggja

9) to lay out, pay, discharge;

leggja

~ at veði, to give as bail;

leggja

~ á hættu, to risk;

leggja

~ á mikinn kostnað, to run into great expenses;

leggja

~ líf á, to stake one’s life on a thing;

leggja

~ fé til höfuðs e-m, to set a price on one’s head;

leggja

10) to lay a ship’s course, stand of or on, sail, absol., or the ship in dat. or acc., lét hann blása herblástr ok ~ út ór höfninni, and sailed out of the harbour;

leggja

~ at, to land (lagði hann at við Sundólfsstaði);

leggja

in a naval battle, to attack (lögðu þeir þá at þeim);

leggja

~ undir land, to stand in towards land;

leggja

fig. to give in;

leggja

~ (skip) í rétt, to drift or run before the wind;

leggja

11) to set off, start;

leggja

~ á flótta, to take toftight;

leggja

~ eptir e-m, to pursue;

leggja

~ upp, to start on a journey;

leggja

12) to stab, thrust, with a weapon (Þ. leggr hann spjóti til bana);

leggja

13) impers. it turns, is driven in a direction (of smoke, smell, fire);

leggja

hingat leggr allan reykinn, all the smoke blows hitherward;

leggja

to freeze over, be covered with snow or ice (þá er ísa lagði á vötn);

leggja

~ nær, to be on the brink of;

leggja

nær lagði þat úfœru einu sinni, it had well nigh come to a disaster;

leggja

14) with preps.:

leggja

~ e-t af, to cede, give up (H. bróðir hans lagði af við hann sinn part í eyjunni);

leggja

to leave off, desist from (legg af héðan af versagørð, sagði erkibiskup);

leggja

~ af fénað, to slaughter cattle;

leggja

~ e-t aptr, to give back, return (báðu mik ~ aptr taflit);

leggja

~ at, ~ at landi, to land;

leggja

~ at e-m, to attack;

leggja

~ e-t á e-n, to impose, lay (a burden, tax) upon one (~ skatt, skyldir, yfirbót á e-n);

leggja

~ e-t á við e-n = ~ e-t á e-n;

leggja

~ stund, kapp, hug á e-t, to take pains about, great interest in, a thing;

leggja

~ ást, elsku, mætur á e-t, to feel love, affection, interest for a thing, to cherish a thing or person;

leggja

~ fæð, öfund, hatr á, to take dislike, envy, hatred to;

leggja

~ móti e-m, to oppose, contradict one;

leggja

~ e-t til, to furnish, contribute, as one’s share (hvern styrk hefir móðir mín til lagit með þér?);

leggja

~ fátt til, to say little, be reserved;

leggja

~ lof til, to give praise to;

leggja

~ gott (illt) til e-s, to lay a good (or ill) word to one, to interfere in a friendly (or unfriendly) manner;

leggja

~ e-t til lofs e-m, to put a thing to a person’s credit;

leggja

~ e-t til orðs, to talk about;

leggja

~ e-m e-t til ámælis, orðs, to blame one for a thing;

leggja

~ e-t undir or undir sik, to conquer, vanquish (Knútr konungr lagði allt land undir sik íNoregi);

leggja

~ e-t undir e-n, to submit a matter to a person, refer to (þeir höfðu lagit mál undir Njál);

leggja

~ undir trúnað e-s, to trust;

leggja

ok er þat mjök undir hann lagit, it depends much on him;

leggja

~ e-t undir þegnskap sinn, to assert on one’s honour;

leggja

~ e-t upp við e-n, to hand over to one;

leggja

~ e-t eigi langt upp, not to make much of, to make light of (eigi legg ek slíkt langt upp);

leggja

~ e-t við e-t, to add to (~ aðra tölu við aðra);

leggja

~ við líf sitt, höfuð sitt, to stake one’s life;

leggja

~ við sekt, to fix a fine;

leggja

15) refl., ~st.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary