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, Britain, 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, Britain, 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.

References

• [Francis Grose] (1788), “Lage”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd corrected and enlarged edition, London: Printed for S. Hooper, […], OCLC 3138643.
• “lage” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume II (L–Z), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, page 2.
• Farmer, John Stephen (1896) Slang and Its Analogues‎^[1], volume 4, pages 144

Anagrams

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

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Dutch

Etymology 1

Adjective

lage

1. Inflected form of laag

Etymology 2

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.

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Haitian Creole

Verb

lage

1. release, let go

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *lāgi, from Proto-Germanic *lēgijaz.

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
• “lage (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “lage (V)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle English

Noun

lage

1. Alternative form of lawe

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

References

• “lage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lage (present tense lagar, past tense laga, past participle laga, passive infinitive lagast, present participle lagande, imperative lag/lage)

1. Alternative form of laga

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Old English

Alternative forms

• lagu

Noun

lage f

1. law, ordinance, rule, regulation; right, legal privilege