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, 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

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

1. (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

• [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

• Gael, Gale, Lega, egal, gale, geal, leag

Dutch

Etymology 1

Adjective

lage

1. inflection of laag:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Etymology 2

Verb

lage

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of liggen

Etymology 3

Dialectal form of laai.

Noun

lage f (plural lagen)

1. (obsolete) A (flickering) flame.

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

lage

1. partitive singular of lagi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *lakëda.

Adjective

lage

1. plain, flat, open, treeless

Declension of lage (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɡe/

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

• lege

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

• Dutch: laag
• Limburgish: laog

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

• heimelaga
• hjemmelagd, hjemmelaget
• matlaging
• spesiallaget

Etymology 2

Noun

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

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by lagje

References

• “lage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

References

• “lage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• alge, egal, egla, gale, lega

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