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

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

Declension of lägel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lägel	lägeln	läglar	läglarna
Genitive	lägels	lägelns	läglars	läglarnas

References

lägel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
lägel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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