"wage" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwaːdʒ(ə)/ Forms: wages [plural], wag [alternative], vage [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Northern French wage, from Frankish *wadi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Doublet of gage and wed. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro-nor:wage}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old Northern French", "term" : "wage", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fro-nor" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "wage", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="wage">, {{bor|enm|fro-nor|wage}} Old Northern French wage, {{der|enm|frk|*wadi}} Frankish *wadi, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*wadją}} Proto-Germanic *wadją, {{doublet|enm|gage|wed}} Doublet of gage and wed Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} wage, {{enm-noun}} wage (plural wages)
  1. A wage; earnings.
    Sense id: en-wage-enm-noun-C7ZW1wp5 Categories (other): Finance Disambiguation of Finance: 37 14 17 17 16
  2. Money reserved for the payment of salaries.
    Sense id: en-wage-enm-noun-WPzHbbQC Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Middle English entries referencing missing etymons, Middle English entries with etymon Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 27 5 35 16 17 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 5 31 15 15 Disambiguation of Middle English entries referencing missing etymons: 7 40 24 28 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 8 42 25 26
  3. An earned positive consequence.
    Sense id: en-wage-enm-noun-GQ7WZjV4 Categories (other): Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 5 31 15 15
  4. A promise, pact, or agreement.
    Sense id: en-wage-enm-noun-vH56Ins- Categories (other): Pages with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 5 31 15 15 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 26 17 36 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wagen
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} wage
  1. alternative form of wagen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wagen
    Sense id: en-wage-enm-verb-ivvfx5x~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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