legga

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɡ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡɡa
• Hyphenation: lèg‧ga

legga

1. inflection of leggere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Old Norse leggja.

legga (present tense legg, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive leggast, present participle leggande, imperative legg)

1. to lay, put, place,
2. to build, make.
3. to spread out.

• legge
• leggja, leggje

• “legga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Probably either a shortening of legitimera; or a compound of legg (“ID”) +‎ -a (“noun → verb”). Possibly influenced by both.

legga

1. (colloquial) short for legitimera (“to ID [someone]”)

   Du måste legga dig.

   You need to ID yourself.

   Har du leggat dem?

   Have you ID'd them?

• legg (“ID”, noun)