lage

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lage

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

noun

  1. UK, obsolete, uncountable Water; any weak alcoholic beverage. I bowse no lage, but a whole gage / Of this I'll bowse to you.

verb lages · laging · laged

  1. UK, obsolete To drink. I saye by the Salomon I will lage it of with a gage of Benebouse; then cut to my nose watch.

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@misc{lage_2026,
  title = {lage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}