"beag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: beags [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English bēag (“circular jewelry worn on the body: ring, armlet, crown, collar”), from Proto-West Germanic *baug, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with dialectal German Baug (“ring, collar”), Icelandic baugur (“ring, circle”). Doublet of bee (“ring”). Related to bagel. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰewgʰ-}}, {{lbor|en|ang|bēag||circular jewelry worn on the body: ring, armlet, crown, collar}} Learned borrowing from Old English bēag (“circular jewelry worn on the body: ring, armlet, crown, collar”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*baug}} Proto-West Germanic *baug, {{der|en|gem-pro|*baugaz}} Proto-Germanic *baugaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰewgʰ-||to bend}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”), {{cog|de|Baug||ring, collar}} German Baug (“ring, collar”), {{cog|is|baugur||ring, circle}} Icelandic baugur (“ring, circle”), {{doublet|en|bee#Etymology_3|alt1=bee|t1=ring}} Doublet of bee (“ring”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} beag (plural beags)
  1. (historical) A ring. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-beag-en-noun-mFUoMNhB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 58 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 32 1 1 2 0 0

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