lægge

From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay, place”), cognate with English lay and German legen. A causative from the verb *ligjaną (“to lie”), cf. Danish ligge. The two verbs are often confused in Danish in the infinitive and the present (and among speakers of Jutlandish in all forms).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɡ̊ə]
• Homophone: lække

lægge (imperative læg, infinitive at lægge, present tense lægger, past tense lagde, perfect tense har lagt)

1. to lay
2. to put, place
3. to lay (an egg)

• ligge (“to lie”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛːɡ̊ə]

lægge c

1. indefinite plural of læg