bagge

See also: bägge

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Usually taken to be borrowed from Old Norse baggi; perhaps reinforced by Old French bague, both of unknown etymology.[1] However, some hypothesise derivation from a Old English *bagga (“badger, bag”), which alongside forms such as Middle Dutch bagghe (“piglet”) would be cognate to baggi.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡ(ə)/

Noun

bagge

  1. A fabric container; a bag, sack, pouch, purse, or wallet.
  2. A bagpipe; a musical instrument consisting of a bag and a pipe.

Descendants

  • English: bag
  • Scots: bag
  • → Medieval Latin: baga

References

  1. ^ “bagge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Zettersten, Arne (1965), “bagge (sb.)”, in Studies in the dialect and vocabulary of the Ancrene Riwle (Lund Studies in English; 34)‎[1], Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, →OCLC, page 29.

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate 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

bagge c

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. (in compounds) beetle
    skalbagge
    beetle

Declension

Declension of bagge
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bagge bagges
definite baggen baggens
plural indefinite baggar baggars
definite baggarna baggarnas

Further reading

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