† legern.¹

Forms: 1500s leger, 1500s legier, 1500s lieger.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: leger adj.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < leger adj., with reference to the dealer passing off underweight sacks as weighing the full amount.

Obsolete.

A coal dealer who buys sacks of coal or charcoal from other dealers, transfers the contents to sacks of smaller size, and fraudulently sells these smaller sacks without lowering the price.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > other types of defrauder or swindler

leger1591

concealer1597

break-bulk1622

bug hunter1725

land-shark1769

Morocco man1796

land-cook1807

nob-pitcher1819

bubble-man1862

scuttler1869

lumberer1897

prop man1966

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13^v The Legier, (the craftie Collyer I meane).

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. E3^v I am..a Collier of Croyden, and one sir that haue sold many a man a false sacke of coales... Indeed I haue beene a lieger in my time in London, and haue plaied many mad prankes for which cause..the Pillorie hath eaten off both my eares.

Derivatives

legering n. the action or practice of a ‘leger’ (see main sense).

ΚΠ

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13 The lawe of Legering, which is a deceit that Collyers abuse the common-welth withal, in hauing vnlawfull sackes.

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13^v He carryeth the countrey Collyer home to his legering place, and there at the backe gate causeth him to vnload and as they say shoot the Coales downe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

Legern.²

Brit.

/ˈlɛdʒə/, U.S.

/ˈlɛdʒər/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: St. Leger n. at saint adj. and n. Compounds 1c.

Etymology: Shortened < St. Leger n. at saint adj. and n. Compounds 1c.

With the. = St. Leger n. at saint adj. and n. Compounds 1c.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > specific races

St. Leger1778

the Oaks1779

Goodwood Cup1829

Leger1832

Cesarewitch1839

Cambridgeshire handicap1840

Grand Prix de Paris1862

Grand National1863

classic1899

national1909

1832 C. G. F. Gore Fair of May Fair I. ii. ii. 251 ‘Spa, or Doncaster!’ reiterated the coquette. ‘Greenwich or Highgate!—What have I to do with the Pouhon or the Leger?’

1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children I. xvii. 206 Who would like to bet me fifteen to one in hundreds against the two events,—the Derby and the Leger?

1924 J. Galsworthy Forest ii. i. 41 I'd give all mine [sc. my ancestors] to know what's won the Leger.

2014 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Sept. We're very happy with him and he seems to be in good form since. Hopefully he will progress on to the Leger.

Compounds

Leger day n. the day (in September) on which the St Leger is run; cf. Derby day n. at Derby n. 1b.

ΚΠ

1836 Times 22 Sept. 6/5 None but those who have witnessed it can form an idea of the excitement displayed at Doncaster on the Leger day.

1887 Baily's Monthly Mag. Dec. 318 Special trains ran into Newcastle almost as freely as to Doncaster on a Leger day.

1917 Earl of Warwick Memories of 60 Years iii. 47 On Leger day I remember his coming to his box where I was sitting, a few minutes before the race was run.

2013 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 38 Last weekend..we hit those bookies with a 203/1 handicap double..at Doncaster on Leger day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† legeradj.

Forms: late Middle English–1700s leger, 1500s–1600s lieger, 1500s liger, 1500s lyger, 1600s leagar.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French leger.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman lieger, Anglo-Norman and Middle French leger, liger (French léger ) weighing little (c1100 in Old French), nimble, agile (c1100), easy, not difficult (first quarter of the 12th cent.), careless, imprudent (second half of the 12th cent.), inconstant, changeable (early 13th cent.) < an unattested post-classical Latin form *leviarius < classical Latin levis light (see levity n.¹) + -ārius (compare -er suffix²). Compare Old Occitan leugier (a1150), Spanish ligero (end of the 12th cent.), Portuguese ligeiro (13th cent.), Italian leggero (13th cent. as †legero, †legiero).

Obsolete.

= light adj.¹ (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective]

lightOE

leger1483

lightsome1578

light-weighted1802

lightweight1898

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble

lightOE

quiverOE

yepec1275

taitc1300

yap13..

delivera1375

swippera1387

wight1390

nimblea1400

yarea1400

yerna1400

smitherc1475

leger1483

agilea1500

liver1530

lightsome1567

wimble1579

nimble jointed1591

nimble shifting1591

agilious1599

nimbling1599

nimble spirited1611

expedite1612

fitchanta1616

airy1642

fantastic1645

volant1650

clever1691

light-limbed1695

spry1746

swack1768

swank1786

yauld1787

deliverly1820

slippy1847

nippy1849

springe1859

pantherish1869

pantherine1890

flippant1895

loose1907

Tarzanesque1933

Tarzan-like1943

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]

lightlyeOE

lightOE

lightsomea1425

flying1509

light-minded?1529

tickle or light of the sear?1530

giddya1547

light-headed1549

gidded1563

giddish1566

fling-brained1570

tickle-headed1583

toyish1584

shallow1594

leger1598

corky1601

barmy1602

airy1609

unfirma1616

unballast1622

cork-brained1630

unballasted1644

kickshawa1655

unserious1655

unstudious1663

flirtishc1665

caper-witteda1670

shatter-headedc1686

corky-brained1699

flea-lugged1724

halokit1724

shatter-brained1727

scattered-brained1747

shatter-witted1775

flippant1791

butterfly-brained1796

scatter-brained1804

gossamer1806

shandy-pated1806

shattery1820

barmy-brained1823

papilionaceous1832

flirtatious1834

flirty1840

Micawberish1859

scatterheaded1867

flibberty-gibberty1879

thistledown1897

shatter-pated1901

trivial-minded1905

scattery1924

fizgig1928

ditzy1979

1483 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 425 Item, my Lord payde to the armerer of Flaunderes apon his leger harnes vj.s. viij.d.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxi. 382 Huon, who was lyger and light, lept by the syde of the serpent and gaue hym a great stroke.

1598 R. Dallington View of Fraunce G iv b By his Physiognomy ye would iudge him leger and inconstant.

1603 W. Fowldes Strange Battell Frogs & Mise sig. D2 The lieger Mouse, lighter then thistle downe, And swift as wind..Vpon his shoulders nimbly leaps in hast.

1635 D. Person Varieties iii. 134 So to inevitable death of either, or both, and for nothing but a leger or slight French quarrell.

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. 66 The Head-wheat is sieved and fanned but once; but the leger Sort is sieved and fanned twice.

Derivatives

legerly adv. [compare Middle French legerement, legierement, French légèrement (first half of the 12th cent. in Old French)] lightly.

ΚΠ

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Agiliter, nymbly, lightly, liegerly, quiuerly.

1665 T. Tanner Euphuia 68 Especially, when they are to court for advantage..the same that have been legerly dismist before, and have a sense of our ingratitude!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

n.¹1591

n.²1832

adj.1483

单词	leger
释义	† legern.¹ Forms: 1500s leger, 1500s legier, 1500s lieger. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: leger adj. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < leger adj., with reference to the dealer passing off underweight sacks as weighing the full amount. Obsolete. A coal dealer who buys sacks of coal or charcoal from other dealers, transfers the contents to sacks of smaller size, and fraudulently sells these smaller sacks without lowering the price. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > other types of defrauder or swindler leger1591 concealer1597 break-bulk1622 bug hunter1725 land-shark1769 Morocco man1796 land-cook1807 nob-pitcher1819 bubble-man1862 scuttler1869 lumberer1897 prop man1966 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13^v The Legier, (the craftie Collyer I meane). 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. E3^v I am..a Collier of Croyden, and one sir that haue sold many a man a false sacke of coales... Indeed I haue beene a lieger in my time in London, and haue plaied many mad prankes for which cause..the Pillorie hath eaten off both my eares. Derivatives legering n. the action or practice of a ‘leger’ (see main sense). ΚΠ 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13 The lawe of Legering, which is a deceit that Collyers abuse the common-welth withal, in hauing vnlawfull sackes. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13^v He carryeth the countrey Collyer home to his legering place, and there at the backe gate causeth him to vnload and as they say shoot the Coales downe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Legern.² Brit. /ˈlɛdʒə/, U.S. /ˈlɛdʒər/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: St. Leger n. at saint adj. and n. Compounds 1c. Etymology: Shortened < St. Leger n. at saint adj. and n. Compounds 1c. With the. = St. Leger n. at saint adj. and n. Compounds 1c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > specific races St. Leger1778 the Oaks1779 Goodwood Cup1829 Leger1832 Cesarewitch1839 Cambridgeshire handicap1840 Grand Prix de Paris1862 Grand National1863 classic1899 national1909 1832 C. G. F. Gore Fair of May Fair I. ii. ii. 251 ‘Spa, or Doncaster!’ reiterated the coquette. ‘Greenwich or Highgate!—What have I to do with the Pouhon or the Leger?’ 1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children I. xvii. 206 Who would like to bet me fifteen to one in hundreds against the two events,—the Derby and the Leger? 1924 J. Galsworthy Forest ii. i. 41 I'd give all mine [sc. my ancestors] to know what's won the Leger. 2014 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Sept. We're very happy with him and he seems to be in good form since. Hopefully he will progress on to the Leger. Compounds Leger day n. the day (in September) on which the St Leger is run; cf. Derby day n. at Derby n. 1b. ΚΠ 1836 Times 22 Sept. 6/5 None but those who have witnessed it can form an idea of the excitement displayed at Doncaster on the Leger day. 1887 Baily's Monthly Mag. Dec. 318 Special trains ran into Newcastle almost as freely as to Doncaster on a Leger day. 1917 Earl of Warwick Memories of 60 Years iii. 47 On Leger day I remember his coming to his box where I was sitting, a few minutes before the race was run. 2013 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 38 Last weekend..we hit those bookies with a 203/1 handicap double..at Doncaster on Leger day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † legeradj. Forms: late Middle English–1700s leger, 1500s–1600s lieger, 1500s liger, 1500s lyger, 1600s leagar. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French leger. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman lieger, Anglo-Norman and Middle French leger, liger (French léger ) weighing little (c1100 in Old French), nimble, agile (c1100), easy, not difficult (first quarter of the 12th cent.), careless, imprudent (second half of the 12th cent.), inconstant, changeable (early 13th cent.) < an unattested post-classical Latin form leviarius < classical Latin levis* light (see levity n.¹) + -ārius (compare -er suffix²). Compare Old Occitan leugier (a1150), Spanish ligero (end of the 12th cent.), Portuguese ligeiro (13th cent.), Italian leggero (13th cent. as †legero, †legiero). Obsolete. = light adj.¹ (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] lightOE leger1483 lightsome1578 light-weighted1802 lightweight1898 the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective] lightlyeOE lightOE lightsomea1425 flying1509 light-minded?1529 tickle or light of the sear?1530 giddya1547 light-headed1549 gidded1563 giddish1566 fling-brained1570 tickle-headed1583 toyish1584 shallow1594 leger1598 corky1601 barmy1602 airy1609 unfirma1616 unballast1622 cork-brained1630 unballasted1644 kickshawa1655 unserious1655 unstudious1663 flirtishc1665 caper-witteda1670 shatter-headedc1686 corky-brained1699 flea-lugged1724 halokit1724 shatter-brained1727 scattered-brained1747 shatter-witted1775 flippant1791 butterfly-brained1796 scatter-brained1804 gossamer1806 shandy-pated1806 shattery1820 barmy-brained1823 papilionaceous1832 flirtatious1834 flirty1840 Micawberish1859 scatterheaded1867 flibberty-gibberty1879 thistledown1897 shatter-pated1901 trivial-minded1905 scattery1924 fizgig1928 ditzy1979 1483 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 425 Item, my Lord payde to the armerer of Flaunderes apon his leger harnes vj.s. viij.d. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxi. 382 Huon, who was lyger and light, lept by the syde of the serpent and gaue hym a great stroke. 1598 R. Dallington View of Fraunce G iv b By his Physiognomy ye would iudge him leger and inconstant. 1603 W. Fowldes Strange Battell Frogs & Mise sig. D2 The lieger Mouse, lighter then thistle downe, And swift as wind..Vpon his shoulders nimbly leaps in hast. 1635 D. Person Varieties iii. 134 So to inevitable death of either, or both, and for nothing but a leger or slight French quarrell. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. 66 The Head-wheat is sieved and fanned but once; but the leger Sort is sieved and fanned twice. Derivatives legerly adv. [compare Middle French legerement, legierement, French légèrement (first half of the 12th cent. in Old French)] lightly. ΚΠ 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Agiliter, nymbly, lightly, liegerly, quiuerly. 1665 T. Tanner Euphuia 68 Especially, when they are to court for advantage..the same that have been legerly dismist before, and have a sense of our ingratitude! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.¹1591n.²1832adj.1483
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† legern.1

Derivatives

Legern.2

Compounds

† legeradj.

Derivatives

† legern.¹

Legern.²