What is the meaning of Leggja?

to lay, to put, to place

(about animals) give birth, bear, bring forth, whelp, farrow, etc.

to lay, to put [with accusative]

to lay (stones, tiles, a road), to pave [with accusative]

to jab, thrust [with accusative]

to park (a vehicle) [intransitive or with dative]

to cause to become covered in ice, to cause to freeze over [with dative ‘something’]

to waft (over an area, room, etc.)

to cause to waft, to cause to fill [with accusative ‘smoke, a smell, etc.’ and um (+ accusative) ‘(over) an area, room, etc.’]

causative of liggja:

  1. to lay; put something in a horizontal position

    to lay; put something in a horizontal position

    to build, make.

    to spread out.

    to leave, leave behind

    to lay, place, put

    to make, build

    to impale, pierce, run through

    genitive plural indefinite of leggr

    Source: wiktionary.org