leggr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lagjaz (“leg, thigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *(ǝ)lak-, *lēk- (“leg, the main muscle of the arm or leg”). Cognate with Lombardic lagi (“thigh”).

Noun

leggr m (genitive leggjar, plural leggir)

leg, stem

Declension

Declension of leggr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	leggr	leggrinn	leggir	leggirnir
accusative	legg	legginn	leggi	leggina
dative	legg	legginum	leggjum	leggjunum
genitive	leggjar	leggjarins	leggja	leggjanna

Descendants

Danish: læg c
English: leg
Faroese: leggur m
Icelandic: leggur m

Norwegian: legg (Bokmål), legg (Nynorsk)
Scots: leg
Swedish: lägg c

Derived terms

fótleggr
leggheill
leggjabrot
leggjabǫnd
leggjaknútar
leggþáttr

References

leggr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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