lägel

See also: Lägel

Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish läghil, from Latin Latin lagena, from Ancient Greek λάγῡνος (lágūnos). Compare Medieval Latin lagula, lagella.

The first official Swedish Bible translation of 1541 used this word in 1 Samuel 16:20, where KJV has "a bottle of wine". The now famous use from Matthew 9:17 (new wine into old wineskins) stems from a Swedish bible translation of 1853, where older translations had "(läder)flaskor" (bottles or leather bottles).

Noun

lägel c

1. a container for transportation of liquids, e.g. a wooden barrel or a ceramic flagon
2. a wineskin

   nytt vin i gamla läglar

   new wine into old wineskins

Declension

Declension of lägel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lägel	lägels
	definite	lägeln	lägelns
plural	indefinite	läglar	läglars
	definite	läglarna	läglarnas

References

• lägel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lägel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• gälle