Noun

leger

1. army, armed forces

Adjective

1. casual, informal
2. dressed down

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Etymology

From Germanic *legra-, from Indo-European *legh-. Cognate with Old Frisian leger, Old Saxon legar (Dutch leger ‘bed, camp, army’), Old High German legar (German Lager ‘camp’), Old Norse legr (Danish lejr, Swedish läger ‘bed’), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃. The IE root is also the source of Ancient Greek , Latin lectus ‘bed’, Celtic *leg- (Old Irish lige, Irish luighe), Slavic *ležati (Russian лежать).

Noun

leġer

1. the state or action of lying, lying down, or lying ill

   On ðam sixtan dæge his legeres: on the sixth day of his illness.

2. resting-place; couch, bed
3. death-bed, grave

   On gehalgodan legere licgan: to be buried in a consecrated grave.

Related terms

• licgan
• lecgan
• lōg
• lōgian
• ġeliġer