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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
lägel c
- a container for transportation of liquids, e.g. a wooden barrel or a ceramic flagon
- a wineskin
- nytt vin i gamla läglar
- new wine into old wineskins
Declension[edit]
| Declension of lägel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lägel | lägeln | läglar | läglarna |
| Genitive | lägels | lägelns | läglars | läglarnas |