Middle English Dictionary Entry
laggen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | laggen v.(1) P.ppl. lagged. |
| Etymology | ?Celt.; cp. MnE dial. (Cornw.) lag 'to cover with mud', etc. & Corn. lagen (Ir. lagan) 'pond, pool, small lake'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. bilagged.
1.
To soil (sb. or sth.), make dirty.
Associated quotations
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)16 : De tay se veet espaluer [glossed:] it lagge [vrr. laggyn, bifilin, byfoule, fil..wit herthe] him.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)283 : Laggyd, or bedrabelyd: Labefactus, paludosus. Laggyn, or drablyn: Palustro.