Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat. · To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground. · To lay aside; to stop; to cancel. · The general command to stop or cease.
The securing of a rope to a rock or other sturdy object. · The object to which a rope is secured. · A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
From Middle English beleggen, bileggen, from Old English beleċġan (“to cover, invest, surround, afflict, attribute to, charge with, accuse”), From Proto-West Germanic *bilaggjan, equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + lay. Cognate with Dutch beleggen (“to cover, overlay, belay”), German belegen (“to cover, occupy, belay”), Swedish belägga (“to pave”).
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- Inherited-form mentionbeleggenenm
- Inherited-form mentionbeleċġanang · to cover, invest, surround, afflict, attribute to, charge with, accuse
- Inherited-form mention*bilaggjangmw-pro
- Cognate mentionbeleggennl · to cover, overlay, belay
- Cognate mentionbelegende · to cover, occupy, belay
- Cognate mentionbeläggasv · to pave
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