lage
English edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Irish lag (“weak”), from Old Irish lac, from Proto-Celtic *laggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-.
Noun edit
lage (uncountable)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Water; any weak alcoholic beverage.
- 1641–42, Richard Brome, 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 edit
lage (third-person singular simple present lages, present participle laging, simple past and past participle laged)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To drink.
- 1566, Thomas Harman, 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.
References edit
- [Francis Grose] (1788) “Lage”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “lage”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes II (L–Z), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 2.
- John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1896) “lage”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume IV, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 144.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
lage
- inflection of laag:
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
lage
Etymology 3 edit
Dialectal form of laai.
Noun edit
lage f (plural lagen)
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
lage
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
lage
Declension of lage (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | lage | lagedad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | lageda | ||
genitive | lagedate | ||
partitive | lagedat | lagedaid | |
illative | lagedasse | lagedatesse lagedaisse | |
inessive | lagedas | lagedates lagedais | |
elative | lagedast | lagedatest lagedaist | |
allative | lagedale | lagedatele lagedaile | |
adessive | lagedal | lagedatel lagedail | |
ablative | lagedalt | lagedatelt lagedailt | |
translative | lagedaks | lagedateks lagedaiks | |
terminative | lagedani | lagedateni | |
essive | lagedana | lagedatena | |
abessive | lagedata | lagedateta | |
comitative | lagedaga | lagedatega |
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French larguer (“to unfurl, to let go”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lage
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Dutch *lāgi, from Proto-Germanic *lēgijaz, related to *lēgaz (“low”).
Adjective edit
lâge
Inflection edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Dutch *lāga, from Proto-Germanic *lēgō.
Noun edit
lâge f
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Noun edit
lage
- Alternative form of lawe
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the noun lag.
Verb edit
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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
lage m (definite singular lagen, indefinite plural lager, definite plural lagene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by lagje
References edit
- “lage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Neuter singular of lagen.
Adjective edit
lage (non-comparable)
Etymology 2 edit
Derived from lagen.
Noun edit
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 edit
From lag.
Verb edit
lage (present tense lagar, past tense laga, past participle laga, passive infinitive lagast, present participle lagande, imperative lage/lag)
- Alternative form of laga
References edit
- “lage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lage f
- inflection of lagu (“law”):