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What Beleg Means

A friend living in Holland writes:

I found this word [beleg] in my Dutch/English dictionary today.

Definition 1: to declare martial law. Definition 2: sandwich filling.
huh?

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4 Responses to “What Beleg Means”

  1. jan Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

    It’s really not that difficult at all…. Leggen in Dutch means to put/lay (something). Beleggen means (to put something upon something else beneath it). So “beleg” is all about the something that is put upon/over something else: in Def. 1-Force, in Def. 2 Cheese, ham, marmelade, etc.
    Helps?

  2. seth Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 4:40 pm

    thanks, jan

  3. Wouter Lievens Says:
    March 31st, 2008 at 1:13 am

    “Beleg” is actually a siege when used as a noun. I think the use for martial law is archaic and obscure, at least in Belgium.

  4. Blegging « Shifting Gears Says:
    March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 am

    [...] A bleg = blog + beg — i.e., using a blog to beg for information. (This is not to be confused with the Dutch beleg — which is either a sandwich filling or the declaration of martial law.)” [...]