stagge

Middle English

Alternative forms

stag, steg, stagh, stagg

Etymology

From Old English stagga, stacga (“a stag”), from Proto-Germanic *staggijô, *staggijaz (“male, male deer, porcupine”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ-, *stengʰ-. Some forms influenced by the cognate Old Norse steggi, steggr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstaɡ(ə)/

Noun

stagge (plural stagges)

An adult male deer.
A colt or filly.
(rare) A male goose; a gander.

Descendants

English: stag
Scots: steg, staig

References

“stagge, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-01-17.

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