"wage" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwaːdʒ(ə)/ Forms: wages [plural]
Etymology: From Old Northern French wage, from Frankish *wadi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Doublet of gage and wed. Etymology templates: {{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|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wage, {{enm-noun}} wage (plural wages)
  1. A wage; earnings. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-wage-enm-noun-C7ZW1wp5 Disambiguation of Finance: 43 26 16 7 7
  2. Money reserved for the payment of salaries.
    Sense id: en-wage-enm-noun-WPzHbbQC
  3. An earned positive consequence.
    Sense id: en-wage-enm-noun-GQ7WZjV4 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 30 42 14 10 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 28 45 15 9
  4. A promise, pact, or agreement.
    Sense id: en-wage-enm-noun-vH56Ins-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wag, vage Related terms: wagen
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} wage
  1. Alternative form of wagen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wagen
    Sense id: en-wage-enm-verb-s0NZDI6s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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