lage
English
Etymology
Probably from Irish lag (“weak”), from Old Irish lac, from Proto-Celtic *laggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-.
Noun
lage (uncountable)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Water; any weak alcoholic beverage.
- 1641–42, Brome, Richard, A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars, Act 2:
- I bowse no lage, but a whole gage / Of this I'll bowse to you.
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Verb
lage (third-person singular simple present lages, present participle laging, simple past and past participle laged)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To drink.
- 1566, Harman, Thomas, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors:
- I saye by the Salomon I will lage it of with a gage of Benebouse; then cut to my nose watch.
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References
- [Francis Grose] (1788), “Lage”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], OCLC 1179630700.
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “lage”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume II (L–Z), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771, page 2.
- Farmer, John Stephen (1896) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 4, pages 144
Dutch
Etymology 3
Dialectal form of laai.
Estonian
Adjective
- lage
Plain, flat, open, treeless. From Proto-Germanic or Germanic.
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *lāgi, from Proto-Germanic *lēgijaz, related to *lēgaz (“low”).
Inflection
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Alternative forms
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *lāga, from Proto-Germanic *lēgō.
Noun
lâge f
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “laghe (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “laghe (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lage (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lage (V)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page V
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From the noun lag.
Verb
lage (imperative lag, present tense lager, passive lages, simple past laga or laget or lagde, past participle laga or laget or lagd, present participle lagende)
- to make (something)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Neuter singular of lagen.
Etymology 2
Derived from lagen.
Noun
lage m or n (definite singular lagen or laget, indefinite plural lagar or lage, definite plural lagane or laga)
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Etymology 3
From lag.
Verb
lage (present tense lagar, past tense laga, past participle laga, passive infinitive lagast, present participle lagande, imperative lage/lag)
- Alternative form of laga
References
- “lage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.ɡe/, [ˈlɑ.ɣe]
Noun
lage f
- inflection of lagu (“law”):
- accusative/genitive/dative singular
- nominative/accusative plural