# lage
## English
### Etymology

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

### Noun

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

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

* [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 […], volume 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
* inflection of laag:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lage
* (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of liggen

### Etymology 3

Dialectal form of laai.

#### Noun

lage f (plural lagen)
* (obsolete) a (flickering) flame

## Estonian
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

lage
* partitive singular of lagi

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *lakëda.

#### Adjective

lage
* plain, flat, open, treeless

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laɡe/

### Verb

lage
* release, let go

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

lâge
* low, close to the ground
* 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
* position, lie
* lodge, place to sleep
* layer
* trap, snare
* ambush
* treachery
* 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
* 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)
* to make (something)

##### Derived terms

* heimelaga
* hjemmelagd, hjemmelaget
* matlaging
* spesiallaget

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

lage m (definite singular lagen, indefinite plural lager, definite plural lagene)
* 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)
* Determined by fate
* 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)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### Etymology 3

From lag.

#### Verb

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

### References

* “lage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* alge, egal, egla, gale, lega

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑ.ɡe/, [ˈlɑ.ɣe]

### Noun

lage f
* inflection of lagu (“law”):
** accusative/genitive/dative singular
** nominative/accusative plural