belejre

Danish

Etymology

Middle Low German belegeren, equivalent to be- +‎ lejr (“camp”) +‎ -e, "to set up camp around". Compare Swedish belägra, Norwegian Bokmål beleire, Dutch belegeren and English beleaguer.

Verb

belejre

  1. (transitive) besiege

Further reading

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