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Middle English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse baggi; compare Old French bague.
Pronunciation
Noun
bagge
- A fabric container; a bag, sack, pouch, purse, or wallet.
- A bagpipe; a musical instrument consisting of a bag and a pipe.
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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
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