Noun: leger
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | leġer |
| Plural | leġeru |
Genitive
| Singular | leġeres |
| Plural | leġera |
Dative
| Singular | leġere |
| Plural | leġerum |
Accusative
| Singular | leġer |
| Plural | leġeru |
Sample Sentences
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on ðam sixtan dæge his legeres (on the sixth day of his illness)
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Æfter ðisum ġebede, hē ābād on ðām leġere āne fēawa dagas, mid fefore ġewǣht, þurh wacolon ġebedum, on flōre liċġende, bestrēowod mid axum, on stīðre hǣran, upāhafenum ēagum and handum tō heofenum, and ne ġeswāc his ġebeda ōðþæt hē sawlode. (After this prayer, he remained in sickness for a few days, weakened by fever, in watchful prayer, lying on the floor, bestrewn with ashes, in stiff sackcloth, with eyes and hands turned up toward heaven, and he did not stop his prayers until he passed away.)
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Frȳnd sind on eorþan, lēofe lifġende, leġer weardiað, þonne iċ on ūhtan āna gonge under āctrēo ġeond þās eorðsċrafu. (Friends are in earth, dear living, who hold bed then I go alone on the dawn under the oak tree over this earthen-cave.) [10th century, The Wife's Lament:]
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on gehalgodan legere licgan (to be buried in a consecrated grave)
Nouns inflected like leger
leger,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *legr.
2. 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 (ligrs). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek λέχος (lékhos), Latin lectus (“bed”), Proto-Celtic *legyom (Old Irish lige, Irish luí), Proto-Slavic *ležati (Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ)). See: Dutch Nouns '
leger', German Nouns '
Lager', Old Norse Nouns '
legr', Danish Nouns '
lejr', Swedish Nouns '
läger', Gothic Nouns '
𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃', Ancient Greek Nouns '
λέχος', Latin Nouns '
lectus', Irish Nouns '
luí'.
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