Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
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leggja (legg, lagða, lagiðr, lagðr, laginn), v. (1) to lay, place (Már hafði lagt höfuð sitt í kné Rannveigar); l. net, to lay a net; (2) to put; l. eld f, to put fire to; l. söðul á hest, to put a saddle on a horse; l. árar upp, to lay up the oars, give up pulling; l. ofan segi, to haul down, take in the sails; l. at jörðu, at velli (or við jörðu, við velli), to overthrow, slay, kill; l. hlut sinn, to lose one's lot, be worsted; (3) to lay, drop, of a beast (hvelparnir, er eigi vóru lagðir); (4) to lay, make, build; l. garða, to make fences; (5) to appoint, fix (l. stefnu, leika, bardaga); (6) to tax, value (hann lagði hálft landit fyrir sex tigi silfrs); l. e-n úgildan, to award no fine for, put no price on; l. at léttu, to make light of; (7) to settle; l. sakar, to settle strife; l. lög, to lay down laws; l. leið sína, to take a direction; hann lagði mjök kvámur sínar í Ögr, he was in the habit of coming often to O.; (8) to allot, assign (þér mun lagit verða at vera einvaldskonungr yfir Noregi); hvat mun til líkna lagt Sigurði, what comfort is there appointed for S.?; þér var lengra líf lagit, a longer life was destined for thee; (9) to lay out, pay, discharge; l. at veði, to give as bail; l. á hættu, to risk; l. á mikinn kostnað, to run into great expenses; l. líf á, to stake one's life on a thing; l. fé til höfuðs e-m, to set a price on one's head; (10) to lay a ship's course, stand of or on, sail, absol., or the ship in dat. or acc., lét hann blása herblástr ok l. út ór höfninni, and sailed out of the harbour; l. at, to land (lagði hann at við Sundólfsstaði); in a naval battle, to attack (lögðu þeir þá at þeim); l. undir land, to stand in towards land; fig. to give in; l. (skip) í rétt, to drift or run before the wind; (11) to set off, start; l. á flótta, to take toftight; l. eptir e—m, to pursue; l. upp, to start on a journey; (12) to stab, thrust, with a weapon (Þ. leggr hann spjóti til bana); (13) impers. it turns, is driven in a direction (of smoke, smell, fire); hingat leggr allan reykinn, all the smoke blows hitherward; to freeze over, be covered with snow or ice (þá er ísa lagði á vötn); l. nær, to be on the brink of; nær lagði þat úfœru einu sinni, it had well nigh come to a disaster; (14) with preps.; l. e-t af, to cede, give up (H. bróðir hans lagði af við hann sinn part í eyjunni); to leave off, desist from (legg af héðan af versagørð, sagði erkibiskup); l. af fénað, to slaughter cattle; l. e-t aptr, to give back, return (báðu mik leggja aptr taflit); l. at, l. at landi, to land; l. at e-m, to attack; l. e-t á e-n, to impose, lay (a burden, tax) upon one (l. skatt, skyldir, yfirbót á e-n); l. e-t á við e-n = l. e-t á e-n; l. stund, kapp, hug á e-t, to take pains about, great interest in, a thing; l. ást, elsku, mætur á e-t, to feel love, affection, interest for a thing, to cherish a thing or person; l. fæð, öfund, hatr á, to take dislike, envy, hatred to; l. móti e-m, to oppose, contradict one; l. e-t til, to furnish, contribute, as one's share (hvern styrk hefir móðir mín til lagit með þér?); l. fátt til, to say little, be reserved; l. lof til, to give praise to; l. gott (illt) til e-s, to lay a good (or ill) word to one, to interfere in a friendly (or unfriendly) manner; l. e-t til lofs e-m, to put a thing to a person's credit; l. e-t til orðs, to talk about; l. e-m e—t til ámælis, orðs, to blame one for a thing; l. e-t undir or undir sik, to conquer, vanquish (Knútr konungr lagði allt land undir sik íNoregi); l. e-t undir e-n, to submit a matter to a person, refer to (þeir höfðu lagit mál undir Njál); l. undir trúnað e-s, to trust; ok er þat mjök undir hann lagit, it depends much on him; l. e-t undir þegnskap sinn, to assert on one's honour; l. e-t upp við e-n, to hand over to one; l. e-t eigi langt upp, not to make much of, to make light of (eigi legg ek slíkt langt upp); l. e-t við e-t, to add to (l. aðra tölu við aðra); l. við líf sitt, höfuð sitt, to stake one's life; l. við sekt, to fix a fine; (15) refl., leggjast, to lay oneself; l. niðr, to lie down; to pass out of use, cease; þeir höfðu lagizt til svefns, they
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