lägga
Swedish
/lɛɡa/
verb-irr
Definitions
- lay, put; to place something down in a position of rest, in particular when it either lies down flat, or the eventual orientation doesn't matter, such as, in a heap.
- to put (into a bag, in a pocket or in a box of some kind)
- to cause something or someone to lie down
- (reflexive) to lie down; to assume a reclining position.
- (reflexive) accumulate on the ground without melting
- (transitive) to put to bed
- (reflexive) to go to bed; to go to sleep
- lay; to install e.g. flooring or a roof
- lay an egg; give birth to
- fold into a shape suitable for storage (about large pieces of fabric, e.g. sheets or larger table cloths)
- (card games) to play (a card)
- (card games) to fold; to cease to take further part in a certain deal; to withdraw from further betting
- (reflexive) to position oneself, with respect to someone else who is moving in the same direction
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish læggia inherited from Old Norse leggja (lay, place, put) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (lay, place).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lagjaną
Gloss
lay, place
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allay English
- belay English
- flatlay English
- forelay English
- forlay English
- inlay English
- interlay English
- lay English
- lay down English
- lay judge English
- lay out English
- layabout English
- layback English
- layer English
- layest English
- layeth English
- layflat English
- layland English
- layless English
- layman English
- layout English
- layover English
- layperson English
- layshaft English
- layship English
- laystall English
- laytime English
- layup English
- laywoman English
- mislay English
- offlay English
- onlay English
- outlay English
- overlay English
- pipelay English
- prelay English
- re-lay English
- underlay English
- unlay English
- uplay English
- waylay English
- *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *leh₁d- Proto-Indo-European
- bøtelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- fargelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- fastlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- forelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- forlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- framlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- gravlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- grunnlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- ilegge Norwegian Bokmål
- innlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- islagt Norwegian Bokmål
- kartlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- legge Norwegian Bokmål
- leggetid Norwegian Bokmål
- nedlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- planlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- pålegge Norwegian Bokmål
- skattlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- skrinlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- tilbakelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- tillegge Norwegian Bokmål
- tilrettelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- tørrlegge Norwegian Bokmål
- vektlegging Norwegian Bokmål
- ødelegge Norwegian Bokmål
- *lagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *laibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *ligjaną Proto-Germanic
- an Swedish
- anlägga Swedish
- anläggning Swedish
- belägga Swedish
- bi- Swedish
- bilaga Swedish
- bilägga Swedish
- bord Swedish
- bordlägga Swedish
- bro Swedish
- brolägga Swedish
- dags Swedish
- förlägga Swedish
- förläggare Swedish
- grund Swedish
- grundlägga Swedish
- grundläggare Swedish
- hand Swedish
- handlägga Swedish
- handläggare Swedish
- handläggning Swedish
- in Swedish
- inlägg Swedish
- karta Swedish
- kartlägga Swedish
- kartläggare Swedish
- kartläggning Swedish
- läggdags Swedish
- omläggning Swedish
- receptbelägga Swedish
- skrin Swedish
- skrinlägga Swedish
- till Swedish
- tillägga Swedish
- vederlägga Swedish
- öde Swedish
- ödelägga Swedish
- överlägsen Swedish
- legga Norwegian Nynorsk
- legge Norwegian Nynorsk
- leggja Norwegian Nynorsk
- leggje Norwegian Nynorsk
- layen Middle English
- afleggja Old Norse
- leggja Old Norse
- lægge Danish
- leggja Icelandic
- leggen Old High German
- lecaid Old Irish
- leggja Faroese
- 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *laggjan gmw-pro
- leggen Old Dutch
- *laittadak Proto-Finnic
- læggia Old Swedish
- lidza Old Frisian
- an
- in
- bro
- öde
- bi-
- dags
- bord
- till
- hand
- grund
- skrin
- karta
- bilaga
- inlägg
- anlägga
- bilägga
- belägga
- läggdags
- tillägga
- förlägga
- ödelägga
- brolägga
- handlägga
- kartlägga
- bordlägga
- omläggning
- vederlägga
- skrinlägga
- grundlägga
- anläggning
- överlägsen
- förläggare
- handläggare
- kartläggare
- kartläggning
- grundläggare
- handläggning
- receptbelägga