lægja

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaiːja/
• Rhymes: -aiːja

lægja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lægði, supine lægt)

1. to reduce, to make lower [with accusative]

• fjarlægja (“to remove, to take away”)
• læging (“reduction, lowering”)
• niðurlægja (“to humiliate”)

• lágur (“low”)
• lægð (“hollow, depression”)

From Old Norse lægja.

• lægje (e- and split infinitive)

lægja (present tense lægjer, past tense lægde, past participle lægt/lægd, passive infinitive lægjast, present participle lægjande, imperative læg)

1. (transitive) to lower

From Old Norse hlæja.

lægja

1. obsolete form of le (“to laugh”)

lægja n

1. definite plural of lægje

• “lægja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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lægja

1. to lower, let down
2. (figurative) to humble
3. (impersonal) to cause to sink [with accusative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "sink" with the accusative object as the subject)
4. (reflexive) to fall, sink, abate

• læging f

• lágr
• lægð

• Icelandic: lægja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lægje

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lægja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 281; also available at the Internet Archive