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forlegge

forlegge

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

forlegge (imperative forlegg, present tense forlegger, passive forlegges, simple past forla, past participle forlagt, present participle forleggende)

  1. to misplace, mislay (putting something somewhere, then forgetting its location)
  2. to deploy; station; relocate
    Troppene ble forlagt til byen.
    The troops were stationed in the city.
  3. to make all arrangements for the publication of a book etc.
  4. to make a correcting adjustment
    forlegge siktepunkt
    in using a firing weapon, adjust aiming point due to conditions
  5. to lay (e.g. a cable in a trench)

Related terms

See also

  • forlegen

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

for- + legge; from Middle Low German vorlegen, vorleggen. Compare with the German verb verlegen (misplace).

Alternative forms

  • forlegga
  • forleggja, forleggje

Verb

forlegge

  1. to misplace, mislay (putting something somewhere, then forgetting its location)
  2. to deploy; station; relocate
    Troppene ble forlagt til byen.
    The troops were stationed in the city.
  3. to make all arrangements for the publication of a book etc.
  4. to make a correcting adjustment
    forlegge siktepunkt
    in using a firing weapon, adjust aiming point due to conditions
  5. to lay (e.g. a cable in a trench)

Inflection

Related terms

See also

  • forlegen

References