bagge

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === bage, baggue, bagke, bayge === Etymology === Usually taken to be borrowed from Old Norse baggi; perhaps reinforced by Old French bague, both of unknown etymology. However, some hypothesise derivation from an Old English *bagga (“badger, bag”), which alongside forms such as Middle Dutch bagghe (“piglet”) would be cognate to baggi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaɡ(ə)/ === Noun === bagge A fabric container; a bag, sack, pouch, purse, or wallet. A bagpipe; a musical instrument consisting of a bag and a pipe. ==== Related terms ==== bagage bagpipe ==== Descendants ==== English: bag Middle Scots: bag, bage, bagge Scots: bag → Medieval Latin: baga ==== References ==== == 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 ram (male sheep) (in compounds) beetle ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bagge”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) bagge in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)