lage

See also: Lage, lagë, läge, and låge

English

Etymology

Probably from Irish lag (weak), from Old Irish lac, from Proto-Celtic *laggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-.

Noun

lage (uncountable)

  1. (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.

Verb

lage (third-person singular simple present lages, present participle laging, simple past and past participle laged)

  1. (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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Dutch

Adjective

lage

  1. Inflected form of laag

Verb

lage

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of liggen

Etymology 3

Dialectal form of laai.

Noun

lage f (plural lagen)

  1. (obsolete) A (flickering) flame.

Estonian

Noun

lage

  1. partitive singular of lagi

Adjective

  1. lage

Plain, flat, open, treeless. From Proto-Germanic or Germanic.


Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French larguer (to unfurl, to let go).

Verb

lage

  1. release, let go

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *lāgi, from Proto-Germanic *lēgijaz, related to *lēgaz (low).

Adjective

lâge

  1. low, close to the ground
  2. low in rank/stature, unimportant
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms
Descendants
  • Dutch: laag
  • Limburgish: leeg, lieëg

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *lāga, from Proto-Germanic *lēgō.

Noun

lâge f

  1. position, lie
  2. lodge, place to sleep
  3. layer
  4. trap, snare
  5. ambush
  6. treachery
  7. condition, situation
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Noun

lage

  1. Alternative form of lawe

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)

  1. to make (something)
Derived terms

Noun

lage m (definite singular lagen, indefinite plural lager, definite plural lagene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by lagje

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Neuter singular of lagen.

Adjective

lage (non-comparable)

  1. Determined by fate
  2. 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)

  1. Alternative form of laga

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Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.ɡe/, [ˈlɑ.ɣe]

Noun

lage f

  1. inflection of lagu (law):
    1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural
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