LEGGR
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m. [Engl. leg], gen. leggjar, pl. leggir, gen. leggja:—a leg, hollow-bone, of arms and feet, Edda 110, Magn. 532, Stj. 458, Fms. iv. 110, vii. 102; lær-leggr, fót-leggr, of the legs; hand-leggr, arm-leggr (q. v.), of the arms; hann tekr svá við knútunni, þar fylgdi leggrinn með, Fas. i. 67: allit., leggr ok liðr, leg and joint; lið kalla menn þat er leggir mætask, Edda 110: phrases, komask á legg, or rísa á legg, to get on one’s legs, grow up from infancy, grow strong, Eg. 171, Fms. xi. 186, Glúm. 344, Bjarn. 4, Grett. 22 new Ed., Hkr. i. 106.
II. metaph. the stem, trunk of a tree, Fas. i. 119, Hkr. i. 71: the stock of an anchor, Orkn. 362: the shaft of a spear, Slurl. i. 63; of a column, Al. 116: of lineage, ætt-leggr, frænd-leggr, lineage.
III. a pr. name, Sturl.
COMPDS: leggjaband, leggjabrot, leggjaknúta.