stagge

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stag, steg, stagh, stagg

Etymology

From Old English stagga, stacga (“a stag”), from Proto-Germanic *staggijô, *staggijaz (“male, male deer, porcupine”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ-, *stengʰ-. Some forms influenced by the cognate Old Norse steggi, steggr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɡ(ə)/

Noun

stagge (plural stagges)

1. An adult male deer.
2. A colt or filly.
3. (rare) A male goose; a gander.

Descendants

• English: stag
• Scots: steg, staig

References

• “stagge, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.