bagge
See also: bägge
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Norse baggi; compare Old French bague.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbagge
- A fabric container; a bag, sack, pouch, purse, or wallet.
- A bagpipe; a musical instrument consisting of a bag and a pipe.
Related terms
editDescendants
editSee also
editReferences
edit- “bagge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish
editEtymology
editCognate with Old Norse and Icelandic baggi, Old Norse bǫggr, Middle English bagge. The hypothesis for the shift in sense from "bag" to "ram" is by reference to the testicles of an unneutered ram. Doublet of bagage and packe.
Noun
editbagge c
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | bagge | bagges |
definite | baggen | baggens | |
plural | indefinite | baggar | baggars |
definite | baggarna | baggarnas |
Further reading
edit- bagge in Svensk ordbok.
- bagge in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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- Middle English terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Middle English terms derived from Old Norse
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
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- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples
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