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Legger

Legger is a term with multiple potential meanings depending on language and context. In Norwegian, legger is the present tense form of the verb legge, meaning to lay, put down, or place something. It is used for literal placement as well as figurative senses and forms many common phrases, such as legger ned (to shut down or discontinue), legger til (to add), and legger ut (to publish or lay out). Example: Høna legger egg hver morgen (The hen lays eggs each morning). The verb's origins trace to Old Norse lagga or leggja, with cognates in other Germanic languages; in Danish the equivalent present tense is lægger, and in Swedish a similar form is lägger.

Beyond Norwegian grammar, legger may appear as a surname or as part of place names in various

In survey or reference works, leggr is sometimes noted as a variant spelling or transcription issue when

regions.
In
English-language
contexts,
it
can
be
encountered
as
a
personal
surname
or
as
a
misspelling
or
anglicization
of
related
names
such
as
Léger
(French)
or
Legge
(Italian/English).
Because
leg
gras
and
related
forms
exist
across
languages,
the
meaning
of
legger
without
context
is
not
determinable.
translating
or
transliterating
words
from
Norwegian
or
other
Germanic
languages.
See
also
Léger,
Leger,
and
Legge
for
related
names
and
terms,
which
may
appear
in
historical
documents,
geography,
or
onomastic
studies.