Yrða

lægi

nafnorðhvorugkyn
n. [from liggja or perh. better from logn (lœgi) = loun, calm water, cp. Alm. 23]:—a berth, anchorage, Alm. 23, Fs. 92, 148, 151, Fms. i. 157, vi. 17, 120, x. 233, passim: opportunity, ok gaf þeim eigi lægi út ór firðinum, Fbr. 13 new Ed.; hence the mod. sæta lægi, to watch an opportunity.
2. = leg, situation, Sks. 294.