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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "lag"}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|Lag (disambiguation)|mul=Lag}}

===Etymology===
Probably {{der|en|gmq|-}} origin. {{etystub|en}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/læɡ/|a=UK,US}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-lag.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|æɡ|s=1}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|?}}

# {{cap|late}}.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1592|author=William Shakespeare|title=King Richard III|passage=Some tardy cripple bore the countermand, / That came too '''lag''' to see him buried.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Last; long-delayed.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-1|V|i|passage=the '''lag''' end of my life}}
# Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1690|author=w:John Dryden|title=Don Sebastian, King of Portugal
|passage=We know your thoughts of us, that laymen are '''lag''' souls, and rubbish of remaining clay.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|last}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|последен}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|late}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|закъснял}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|countable}} A [[gap]], a [[delay]]; an [[interval]] created by something not keeping up; a [[latency]].
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1995
|author=Donald R. DeGlopper
|chapter=Introduction
|title=Lukang: Commerce and Community in a Chinese City
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qXeL6tUjygkC
|publisher=w:State University of New York Press
|ISBN=0-7914-2690-4
|LCCN=95-2525
|OCLC=31900598
|page=5
|text=Although this work is now presented to the world at large, people who read through it before publication severally raised some issues that should be addressed. These resolve around the '''lag''' between the field research and the publication of the monograph, a period of rather more than two decades; the use or non-use of various academic forms of terminology, frames of reference, modes of analysis, or "theoretical paradigms"; and my use of the present tense to describe a place that is most certainly not that way now.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=May 10 2004|journal=The New Yorker Online,
|passage=During the Second World War, for instance, the Washington Senators had a starting rotation that included four knuckleball pitchers. But, still, I think that some of that was just a generational '''lag'''.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[delay|Delay]]; [[latency]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1999|author=Loyd Case|title=Building the ultimate game PC|passage=Whatever the symptom, '''lag''' is a drag. But what causes it? One cause is delays in getting the data from your PC to the game server.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2001|author=Patricia M. Wallace|title=The psychology of the Internet
|passage=When the '''lag''' is low, 2 or 3 seconds perhaps, Internet chatters seem reasonably content.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2002|author=Marty Cortinas; Clifford Colby|title=The Macintosh bible
|passage=Latency, or '''lag''', is an unavoidable part of Internet gaming.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|Irish|slang|archaic}} One [[sentence]]d to [[transportation]] for a [[crime]].
# {{lb|en|UK|Irish|slang}} A [[prisoner]], a [[criminal]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1934|author=w:P. G. Wodehouse|title=Thank You, Jeeves
|passage=On both these occasions I had ended up behind the bars, and you might suppose that an old '''lag''' like myself would have been getting used to it by now.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1986|author=w:John le Carré|title=w:A Perfect Spy|
passage= He sat with his great head tipped forward, scowling with a '''lag's''' sullenness, and I swear he had closed off his hearing with his thinking and hadn't heard us coming. 'Father,' said Pym.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} A period of [[imprisonment]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2017|author=Anna Leask|title=Behind Bars: Real-life stories from inside New Zealand's prisons
|passage=I wasn't scared any more; the second '''lag''' wasn't easy, but I wasn't really scared of anything. {{...}} So in my later '''lags''', when I walked into prison everyone had heard about me.}}
# {{lb|en|snooker}} A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a [[cue ball]] from the [[baulk line]] to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
# One who lags; that which comes in last.
#* {{RQ:Homer Pope et al Odyssey|volume=II|book=IX|page=226|line=526|passage=the '''lag''' of all the flock}}
# The [[fag-end]]; the [[rump]]; hence, the lowest class.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Timon of Athens|act=III|scene=vi|page=89|column=2|passage=The reſt of your Fees, O Gods, the Senators of Athens, together with the common '''lagge''' of People, what is amiſſe in them, you Gods, make ſuteable for deſtruction.}}
# A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially {{lb|en|engineering}} one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
# A bird, the [[greylag]].

====Usage notes====
In casual use, ''lag'' and {{m|en|latency}} are used synonymously for "time delay between initiating an action and the effect", with ''lag'' being more casual. In formal use, ''latency'' is the technical term, while ''lag'' is used when latency is greater than usual, particularly in internet gaming. When used as a comparative to refer to the distance between moving objects ''lag'' refers to a moving object that has not yet reached the reference object position, whether linear or rotational. The term ''latency'' is not used in technical jargon for linear or rotational distance. The neutral term ''displacement'' can be used ambiguously and may refer to the distance between objects without indicating direction. In this use, ''lag'', ''lags'', and ''lagging'' are the complements of  {{m|en|lead}}, {{m|en|leads}}, and {{m|en|leading}}. For example, ''For any AC power system, at all reactive loads, the current waveform has a phase displacement or power factor to the voltage. An inductive load has a lagging power factor, while a capacitive load has a leading PF''.

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|delay}} {{l|en|latency}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|laggard|jet lag|lagging jacket|lag pursuit|lag screw|time lag|turbo lag|colonial lag|cross-lag|flash-lag effect|flash-lag illusion|inside lag|lightspeed lag|phenotypic lag|lag time|lead-lag}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fi|lagi|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sv|lagg|g=n|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|(Internet) bad connection, loss of connection}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|卡|tr=kǎ}} {{qualifier|slang/colloquial}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|viive}}, {{t+|fi|lagi}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καθυστέρηση|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|χρονοτριβή|f|sc=Grek}}
* Icelandic: {{qualifier|slang}} {{t|is|lagg}}, {{t|is|hökt|n}}, {{t|is|töf|f}}, {{t+|is|seinkun|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|lag|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|demora}}, {{t+|pt|atraso|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|лаг|m}}, {{t|ru|пролагивание|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|demora|f}}, {{t+|es|retraso|m}}, {{t+|es|lag|m}}, {{t+|es|retardo|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|A gap, a delay}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|закъснение|n}}, {{t+|bg|изостаналост|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(British, slang) a prisoner, a criminal}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|затворник|m}}, {{t+|bg|каторжник|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|canto=I|passage=Behind her farre away a Dwarfe did '''lag''', / That lasie seemd in being ever last, / Or wearied with bearing of her bag / Of needments at his backe.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1616|author=George Chapman|title=The Odysseys of Homer|passage=Lazy beast! / Why last art thou now? Thou hast never used / To '''lag''' thus hindmost}}
#* '''1717''', ''The Metamorphoses of Ovid'' translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve and other eminent hands
#*: While he, whose tardy feet had '''lagg'd''' behind, / Was doom'd the sad reward of death to find.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1798|author=w:Samuel Taylor Coleridge|title=The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in seven parts|passage=Brown skeletons of leaves that '''lag''' / My forest-brook along}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=5 April 2004|journal=The New Yorker,
|passage=Over the next fifty years, by most indicators dear to economists, the country remained the richest in the world. But by another set of numbers—longevity and income inequality—it began to '''lag''' behind Northern Europe and Japan.}}
# To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material {{gloss|[[W:Building insulation#The history of thermal insulation|referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer]]}}.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1941|month=April|title=British Locomotive Developments|journal=Railway Magazine|page=173|text=Spun glass mattresses are used for '''lagging''' the boiler, which has three Ross pop safety valves on the front ring.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=c. 1974|author=w:Philip Larkin|journal=The Building
|passage=Outside seems old enough: / Red brick, '''lagged''' pipes, and someone walking by it / Out to the car park, free.}}
# {{lb|en|computing|informal|video games}} To [[respond]] slowly.
#: {{ux|en|My phone is starting to '''lag'''.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|slang|archaic}} To [[transport]] as a punishment for [[crime]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1847|author=w:Thomas De Quincey|title=Secret Societies"
|passage=She '''lags''' us if we poach.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|slang|archaic}} To [[arrest]] or [[apprehend]].
#* {{RQ:Doyle Land of Mist|passage="We must get the old dear out," said Lord Roxton to Malone. "He'll be had for manslaughter if we don't. What I mean, he's not responsible - he'll sock someone and be '''lagged''' for it."}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to lag; to slacken.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1632|author=w:Thomas Heywood|title=The Iron Age
|passage=The weight would '''lagge''' thee that art wont to flye.}}

====Derived terms====
{{der2|en|lagging|lag behind|lag off|lagging jacket|lagging strand}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|sv|lagga|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|To fall behind}}
* Arabic:
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изоставам}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|落後|tr=luòhòu}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|jäädä jälkeen}}
* French: {{t|fr|rester en arrière}}, {{t|fr|être en retard}}
* German: {{t+|de|zurückbleiben}}, {{t+|de|zurückfallen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καθυστερώ|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|χρονοτριβώ|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ὑστερέω}}
* Italian: {{t|it|rimanere indietro}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|立ち遅れる|tr=たちおくれる, tachiokureru|sc=Jpan}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|akutō}}, {{t|mi|tonanawe}}, {{t|mi|takamuri}}, {{t|mi|komutu}}, {{t|mi|whetō}}, {{t|mi|whētōtō}}, {{t|mi|whakawhetoto}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отстава́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|отста́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|опа́здывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|опозда́ть|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|rezagar}}, {{t+|es|retrasar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sacka}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|To cause to lag; to slacken}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отслабвам}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|computing}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|retardar}}, {{t|es|laguear}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|tardy}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|Latency (engineering)}}
* {{pedia|Building insulation}}
* {{pedia|Jet lag}}
* {{pedia|Turbo lag}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=agl|AGL|ALG|Alg.|GAL|GLA|Gal|Gal.|LGA|gal|gal.|μGal}}

==Afrikaans==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|af|nl|lachen}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|af|/ɫɐχ/}}
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-lag.wav}}

===Verb===
{{af-verb|laggende}}

# to [[laugh]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|af|glimlag}}

==Albanian==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|sq|sqj-pro|*lauga}}, from {{der|sq|ine-pro|*lowg-}} (compare {{cog|non|laug||hot spring, bath}}, {{cog|lv|luga||marshy deposit, silt}}, {{cog|sh|lȕža||puddle, pool}}).

====Verb====
{{sq-verb|laga|lagur}}

# to [[wet]], [[moisten]]
# {{lb|sq|colloquial}} to water
# {{lb|sq|geography}} to wash land (of a body of water)

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|sq|lagë}}
* {{l|sq|lagësht}}
* {{l|sq|lagështirë}}
* {{l|sq|lëgatë}}
* {{l|sq|lagaterë}}
* {{l|sq|lug}}
* {{l|sq|lagëtur}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|sq|sqj-pro|*lag-}}, from {{der|sq|ine-pro|*legʰ-||to lay, lie (down)}}. Cognate with {{cog|grc|λόχος||ambush, ambuscade, armed band}}, {{cog|got|𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽||to lay}}. Singular form of {{l|sq|lagje}}.

====Noun====
{{sq-noun|g=m}}

# [[troop]], [[band]], [[encampment]]

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|sq|lagje}}
* {{l|sq|log}}

==Chinese==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|yue|en|lag}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|c=lek1,lik1
|cat=v,a
}}

===Verb===
{{head|zh|verb}}

# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese|computing}} to [[#English|lag]]

===Adjective===
{{head|zh|adjective}}

# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese|computing}} [[laggy]]

===Related terms===
* {{zh-l|lag機}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|da|non|lag}}, from {{inh|da|gem-pro|*lagą}}. {{doublet|da|lav|t1=guild|lov|t2=law}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/laːˀɣ/|[læˀj]|[læˀ]}}
* {{rhymes|da|æː}}

===Noun===
{{da-noun|et}}

# [[layer]], [[coat]] {{q|a coherent mass spread on the top or on the outside of something else}}
# {{lb|da|sociology}} [[class]], [[stratum]] {{q|class of society with similar status}}
# {{lb|da|geology}} [[stratum]] {{q|layer of sedimentary rock}}

====Declension====
{{da-decl|et}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-lag.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɑx|s=1}}
* {{IPA|nl|/lɑx/}}
* Homophones: '''[[lach]]'''

===Verb===
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|liggen||s|past|ind}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|alg}}, {{l|nl|gal}}

==Faroese==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fo|non|lag}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fo|/lɛaː/}}
* {{rhymes|fo|ɛaː|s=1}}
* {{homophones|fo|lað|læ|læð}}

===Noun===
{{fo-noun|n|lags|løg}}

# [[layer]]
# {{qualifier|in compounds}} what belongs together ([[company]], [[union]])
# [[regularity]], [[order]]
# [[skill]], [[capability]]
#: ''hann hevur gott '''lag''' á tí.''
#:: he has good '''skills''' in that
# [[method]], [[system]]
# [[importance]]
#: {{ux|fo|tað liggur einki '''lag''' á.|This is not '''important'''.}}
# [[mood]]
#: {{ux|fo|tað er einki '''lag''' á honum.|He is in a bad '''mood'''.}}
# [[design]], [[shape]]
# [[melody]]

====Declension====
{{fo-decl-noun-n6|l|a|g|ø}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fo|andalag}}
* {{l|fo|arbeiðslag}}
* {{l|fo|eyðkennislag}}
* {{l|fo|ferðalag}}
* {{l|fo|felag}}
* {{l|fo|grundarlag}}
* {{l|fo|havnarlag}}
* {{l|fo|hjúnalag}}
* {{l|fo|huglag}}
* {{l|fo|í lagi}}
* {{l|fo|jarðlag}}
* {{l|fo|ljóðlag}}
* {{l|fo|niðurlag}}
* {{l|fo|parlag}}
* {{l|fo|rakstrarlag}}
* {{l|fo|sólarlag}}
* {{l|fo|stiglag}}
* {{l|fo|stjórnarlag}}
* {{l|fo|tjóðlag}}
* {{l|fo|undirlag}}
* {{l|fo|veðurlag}}
* {{l|fo|yrkingarlag}}
* {{l|fo|ørindislag}}

{{C|fo|Music}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/laːk/}}
* {{audio|de|De-lag.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|de|aːk|s=1}}

===Verb===
{{head|de|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|de|liegen||1//3|s|pret}}

==Gothic==

===Romanization===
{{got-rom}}

# {{romanization of|got|𐌻𐌰𐌲}}

==Icelandic==

===Etymology===
From {{der|is|non|lag}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|is|/laːɣ/}}
* {{audio|is|Is-lag.oga}}
* {{rhymes|is|aːɣ|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{is-noun|n}}

# [[layer]]
# {{lb|is|geology}} [[stratum]]
# [[tune]], [[song]]
# [[order]]
# [[thrust]], [[stab]]
# [[good]] [[method]], [[knack]]

====Declension====
{{is-ndecl|n}}

==Irish==

===Etymology===
{{root|ga|ine-pro|*(s)leh₁g-}}
From {{inh|ga|sga|lac}}, from {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*laggos}}, from {{der|ga|ine-pro|*(s)leh₁g-}}, compare {{cog|en|slack}} and {{cog|la|laxus||slack}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ga|/l̪ˠɑɡ/|ref={{R:ga:SjPh|42|section=77}}|a=Munster,Aran}}
* {{IPA|ga|/l̪ˠaɡ/|a=Connemara,Mayo}}
* {{IPA|ga|/l̪ˠʌɡ/|ref={{R:ga:Quiggin|26|60}}|a=Ulster}} {{q|as if spelled {{m|ga||log}} or {{m|ga||lug}}}}
* {{hmp|ga|log|lug|qq2=Ulster}}

===Adjective===
{{ga-adj|gsm=laig|gsf=laige|pl=laga|comp=laige}}

# [[weak]]
#: {{syn|ga|tláith}}

====Declension====
{{ga-decl-adj||lag|gsm=laig|gsf=laige|pl=~a}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ga|laige}}

===References===
{{reflist|size=smaller}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ga:Ó Dónaill}}

==Maltese==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|mt|scn|lagu}}, from {{der|mt|la|lacus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/laːk/}}

===Noun===
{{mt-noun|g=m|p=lagi}}

# [[lake]]
#: {{syn|mt|għadira}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wp|lang=nb}}
{{wp|lang=nb|Lag (andre_betydninger)}}
{{wp|lang=nb|Lag (militær enhet)}}
[[Image:Norway 2015.jpg|250px|thumb|National [[football]] [[team]] of [[Norway]], before the match with [[Bulgaria]] in 2015.]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nb|/lɑːɡ/}}
* {{audio|nb|Nb-lag.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|nb|ɑːɡ}}
* {{hyph|nb|lag}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|nb|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}
From {{inh|nb|non|lag||layer; companionship}}, from {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*lagą||situation; law}}, from {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*legʰ-||to lie}}.

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-n1}}

# a [[#English|layer]] {{q|a single thickness of some material covering a surface}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1874|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Peer Gynt|page=9|passage=lag af tåger|t=layers of mists}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1904|author=w:Hans E. Kinck|title=Emigranter|page=121|passage=[de fykende snøkorn] roed sig lag paa lag|t=[the fumbling snowflakes] calmed layer upon layer}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2005|author=Elisabeth Botterli; et al.|title=Madonna-gåten|page=|passage=de [hadde] nettopp byttet vinduer. Tre lag isolerglass|t=they [had] just changed windows. Three layers of insulating glass}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2008|author=w:Kari Bøge|title=Komponisten|page=|passage=selv krystall kan sendes i posten om en pakker det i mange nok lag med bobleplast|t=even crystal can be sent in the mail if one packs it in many enough layers of bubble wrap}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2010|author=Margit Vea|title=Kjøkkenpatruljen|page=|passage=bruk en liten sikt og dryss et tynt lag med melis over pannekaken|t=use a small sieve and sprinkle a thin layer of icing sugar over the pancake}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2011|author=Lars Mytting|title=Hel ved|page=44|passage=harde tresorter [på peisen] om kvelden … gir et fint lag glør som fyrer opp neste ilegg|t=hard woods [on the fireplace] in the evening… gives a nice layer of embers that fires up the next insert}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2011|author=w:Ingeborg Arvola|title=Grisehjerter|page=|passage=de ytterste lagene av en løk|t=the outer layers of an onion}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2012|author=Line Nyborg|title=Du vet ikke hvem jeg er|page=|passage=lag på lag med tapet|t=layer upon layer of wallpaper}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2012|author=w:Britt Karin Larsen|title=Før snøen kommer|page=|passage=lag på lag med plagg|t=layer upon layer of garments}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2021|author=w:Monica Isakstuen|title=Mine venner|page=167|passage=jeg liker et tynt lag smør under pålegget|t=I like a thin layer of butter under the topping}}
## {{lb|nb|masonry}} a [[#English|horizontal]] row of [[#English|bricks]] (in a [[#English|masonry]]) bounded by two [[#English|horizontal]] joints
## {{lb|nb|mostly|geology}} a [[#English|horizontal]] widespread [[#English|mass]] of [[#English|soil]] or [[#English|rock]], formed by [[#English|deposition]]
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1897|author=w:Fridtjof Nansen|title=Fram over Polhavet I|page=89|passage=lagene i fjeldet staar paa ende, er brukket og bølet|t=the layers of the rock stand on end, are broken and bulging}}
## {{lb|nb|colloquial}} a [[#English|layer]]; [[#English|part]], [[#English|section]] {{q|part of a whole that one imagines divided along horizontal lines}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1884|author=w:Alexander L. Kielland|title=Fortuna|page=148|passage=i dette land har de øvre lag staaet næsten stille i et par generationer|t=in this country the upper layers have stood almost still for a few generations}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1911|author=w:Sigrid Undset|title=Jenny|page=217|passage=de dypeste lag i deres begges væsen|t=the deepest layers of their being}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=2008|author=Kurt Sweeney|title=Kjegler|page=|passage=siste lag med toleranse flerres vekk|t=last layer of tolerance several away}}
# the [[#English|correct]] or [[#English|usual]] way in which something is arranged; [[#English|correct]] and [[#English|regular]] order, [[#English|condition]], etc.
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2010|author=Peter Serck|title=Natten|page=|passage=jeg [tok det] som et tegn på at vårt venninneforhold ennå sto ved lag|t=I [took it] as a sign that our friendship was still standing}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1929|author=w:Sverre Steen|title=Ferd og fest|page=205|passage=hver ferdemann hadde til plikt å legge en sten til varden når han fór forbi for at den kunde holdes ved lag og helst bli større|t=each traveler had a duty to lay a stone at the cairn when he passed by so that it could be kept at bay and preferably become larger}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1994|author=w:Atle Næss|title=Østre linje|page=|passage=krona var av samme verdi som før krigen og verden skulle sånn sett være i lage igjen|t=the krona was of the same value as before the war and the world was thus to be regular again}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1879|author=w:Peter Christen Asbjørnsen|title=Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr|page=108|passage=huset kom saa rent af lage, at det gav sig i alle laft|t=the house came so clean of the ordinary, that it gave way in every nook and cranny}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1917|author=w:Knut Hamsun|title=Markens Grøde I|page=91|passage=hun hadde stelt alt av lage for dem|t=she had taken care of everything regular for them}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1909|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Efterladte Skrifter I|page=405|passage=verden er af lave|t=the world is of the ordinary}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1873|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Kærlighedens komedie|page=91|passage=bring ham ej af lave|t=do not disturb him}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1879|author=w:Peter Christen Asbjørnsen|title=Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr|page=35|passage=saa lagde jeg i paa nyt lag|t=then I made it all over again}}
#: {{ux|nb|stå ved '''lag'''|still have its validity; remain unchanged|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|holde ved '''lag'''|preserve something in old custom|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|være/komme i '''lag/lage'''|be/come in its usual custom|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|være/komme av '''lage'''|be/get out of their usual or proper custom|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|på nytt '''lag'''|again; with new strength/courage|inline=1}}
# normal and [[#English|good]] [[#English|mood]] or [[#English|temperament]]
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1907|author=w:Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson|title=Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger|page=301|passage=[han] var ikke til at få i lag|t=[he] was not to get in a good mood}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1896|author=w:Thomas Krag|title=Ada Wilde|page=241|passage=fruen var i bedre lav forrige gang|t=the lady was in a better mood last time}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1918|author=w:Gabriel Scott|title=Kilden|page=22|passage=fisken er i det rigtige lave|t=the fish is in the real temperament}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1927|author=w:Regine Normann|title=Nordlandsnatt|page=35|passage=hun [var] amper og ute av lag|t=she [was] amp and out of the ordinary mood}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1929|author=w:Johan Bojer|title=Folk ved sjøen|page=241|passage=[han måtte] skøie med henne, når han var i laget til det|t=[he had to] joke with her, when he was in the mood for it}}
#: {{syn|nb|godlag}}
#: {{ant|nb|ulag}}
# {{lb|nb|etiquette}} [[#English|correct]] and [[#English|polite]] [[#English|language]] or [[#English|manner]]
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1852|author=w:Henrik Wergeland|title=Samlede Skrifter II|page=20|passage=aaretakten kan jeg kjende: uden regel, uden lag|t=the rate of the year I can know: without rule, without manners}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1890|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Hedda Gabler|page=4|passage=jeg er rigtig så ræd for, at jeg ikke skal gøre det til lags for den unge fruen|t=I'm really so scared I'm not going to make it fun for the young lady}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1918|author=w:Gabriel Scott|title=Kilden|page=101|passage=[hun] vet ikke hvordan hun bedst skal te sig for at være Markus til lag|t=[she] does not know how best to behave in order to make Markus satisfied}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2007|author=w:Ragnhild Nilstun|title=Min lange reise ender her|page=|passage=Hanna fikk tøye seg i alle retninger, forsøkte å gjøre dem alle til lags|t=Hanna had to stretch in all directions, trying to please them all}}
#: {{ux|nb|være/gjøre noen til '''lag(s)'''|be/act so that it suits someone; that someone is satisfied|inline=1}}
## {{n-g|Used to indicate an approximate amount of something.}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=2010|author=Tore Rem|title=Født til frihet|page=9|passage=huset bør være verdt et sted mellom 120 og 150 000 kroner, men er beheftet med om lag 60 000 i lån|t=The house should be worth somewhere between 120 and 150,000 kroner, but is encumbered with about 60,000 in loans}}
##: {{cot|nb|om lag|omtrent}}
## {{lb|nb|mostly|dialectal}} {{n-g|Used to indicate an [[approximate]] amount of something, with the prepositions {{m|nb|på|t=on}} and {{m|nb|ved|t=by}}.}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1907|author=w:Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson|title=Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger|page=98|passage=hvem på lag er den stærkeste der over på eders side?|t=just about who is the strongest over there on your side?}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1892|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Bygmester Solness|page=71|passage=[den 19. september eller] så ved lag|t=[on September 19 or] so approximately}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1897|author=w:Fridtjof Nansen|title=Fram over Polhavet I|page=524|passage=vore nye askekjælker var nu paa lag færdige|t=our new ash sledges were now about finished}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1918|author=w:Gabriel Scott|title=Kilden|page=142|passage=han steger ut paa det lav klokken fire|t=he steps out at about four o'clock}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1960|author=w:Johan Bojer|title=Samlede verker IV|page=165|passage=her blir mest som et sanatorium paa lag|t=here is mostly like a sanatorium approximately}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1960|author=w:Johan Bojer|title=Vår egen stamme|page=93|passage=kor på lag var det han strauk|t=choir about was what he flunked}}
## {{n-g|Used in the definite form with the preposition ''[[i]]'' (in) and a superlative adjective to indicate a high degree of something.}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1918|author=w:Gabriel Scott|title=Kilden|page=164|passage=benstellet [på hummeren] er i tyndeste laget|t=the tooth frame [on the lobster] is very thin}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1920|author=w:Peter Egge|title=Inde i Fjordene|page=353|passage=Siri var i seneste laget|t=Siri was very late}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1992|author=w:Torgrim Eggen|title=Gjeld|page=266|passage=anda er i feteste laget for ham, men den er nydelig tilberedt|t=the duck is too fat for him, but it is beautifully cooked}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1988|author=w:Arild Nyquist|title=Giacomettis forunderlige reise|page=|passage=denne historien virket litt i eventyrligste laget – for å si det pent|t=this story seemed a bit in the more adventurous theme - to say the least}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=2002|author=w:Geir Pollen|title=Når den gule solen brenner|page=|passage=spillelæreren syntes det var i tidligste laget å gi seg i kast med Mozarts klarinettkonsert|t=the playing teacher thought it was a bit early to embark on Mozart's clarinet concerto}}
# {{lb|nb|mostly|dialectal}} [[#English|manner]]; [[#English|being]], [[#English|appearance]] {{q|characteristic mode of acting or behaving}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1925|author=w:Sigrid Undset|title=Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken I|page=207|passage=[hun likte] hans rolige, godlidende lag|t=[she liked] his calm, good-natured way of being}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1925|author=w:Peter Egge|title=Hansine Solstad|page=96|passage=[det var] noget i alt hans lag som pekte paa at han visste hvem han var|t=[there was] something in all his manners that pointed out that he knew who he was}}
# an [[#English|individual]] and [[#English|natural]] way of treating [[#English|people]]; way of approaching [[#English|something]]
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1877|author=w:Jørgen Moe|title=Samlede Skrifter II|page=16|passage=at bringe folkets fortællere til aabent og uforbeholdent at meddele sig – forudsætter et eget lag at behandle dem paa|t=to bring the narrators of the people to openly and unreservedly communicate - presupposes a separate way to treat them on}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1992|author=w:Eilert Sundt|title=Om giftermål i Norge|page=214|passage=stenbrydere og sådan grove arbeidsmænd have så lidet lag på at indrette det hyggeligt for sig i det logement|t=quarrymen and such rude workers have so little ways to arrange it cozy for themselves in that lodging}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1917|author=w:Knut Hamsun|title=Markens Grøde I|page=133|passage=hun hadde lag med børn|t=she had a way with children}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1920|author=w:Sigrid Undset|title=Kransen|page=194|passage=alle vitenskaper og kunster tror jeg den manden hadde faat laget for av Gud selv|t=all sciences and arts I believe the man had been made for by God himself}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1923|author=w:Hans Aanrud|title=Fortællinger I|page=152|passage=han havde faaet et sligt lag til at snakke passelig grovt med kvindfolkene|t=he had got such a way to talk suitably rudely with the women}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1990|author=w:Atle Næss|title=Kraften som beveger|page=|passage=hun hadde et særlig lag med supper, de var kraftige og mettende|t=she had a special way with soups, they were powerful and filling}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2020|author=w:Tove Nilsen|title=Den eneste broren|page=163|passage=du har laget, jeg merker det, du har laget|t=you have a way with it, I notice it, you have a way}}
# a [[#English|gathering]], [[#English|company]]; [[#English|togetherness]], [[#English|companionship]]
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1926|author=w:Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson|title=Samlede Digte I|page=27|passage=[vi] legte sammen i skog og lage’|t=[we] played together in the woods and in company}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1917|author=w:Hans Aanrud|title=Fortællinger for barn I|page=231|passage=Astrid satte sig bort til bordet i lag med jenterne|t=Astrid sat down at the table together with the girls}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1927|author=w:Johan Bojer|title=Samlede verker III|page=18|passage=tak for laget i sommer da!|t=thanks for the company this summer then!}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1915|author=w:Anders Krogvig|title=Fra det nationale gjennembruds tid. Breve fra Jørgen Moe til P. Chr. Asbjørnsen og andre|page=15|passage=[romjulen gikk] med lag og lystighet, dans og optog, julebukker og lekemoro|t=[Christmas time went] with companionship and merriment, dancing and processions, Yule goats and playing}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1923|author=w:Hans Aanrud|title=Fortællinger I|page=10|passage=nei, han Far faar bli; den skammen vil jeg [dvs. Iver Langseth] ikke ha, at’n Far har brudt lag paa Langseth|t=no, father may stay; that shame I will [meaning Iver Langseth] not have, that father has left Langseth}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1879|author=w:Peter Christen Asbjørnsen|title=Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr|page=331|passage=paa hjemveien kom han i lag med grander og bygdefolk|t=on the way home he came in contact with grander and villagers}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1917|author=w:Knut Hamsun|title=Markens Grøde II|page=18|passage=jeg var tilfreds jeg kunde slaa lag med dig|t=I was satisfied I could follow with you}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1908|author=w:Knut Hamsun|title=Rosa|page=327|passage=hun møtte ham paa vejen og slog sig i lag med ham|t=she met him on the road and joined him}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1886|author=w:Alexander L. Kielland|title=Sne|page=18|passage=[husmennene] gav sig ilag med granen|t=[the housekeepers] joined the spruce}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1917|author=w:Knut Hamsun|title=Markens Grøde II|page=27|passage=hun hadde opdaget hvad han var i lag med|t=she had discovered what he was up to}}
#: {{ux|nb|bryte '''lag'''|break up from; leave a company|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|være/komme i '''lag''' (med)|become joined (with)|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|slå/gjøre '''lag''' med|follow along|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|slå seg i '''lag''' med|join in; join with|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|gi seg i '''lag''' med; være i '''lag''' med|be/give in to|inline=1}}
# a [[#English|flock]], [[#English|company]], circle of [[#English|people]] {{q|united in togetherness, socializing, friendship or common profession}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1830|author=Conrad N. Schwach|title=Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem|page=329|passage=vi skulde i al privat stilhed holde et lag|t=we were to keep a company in all private silence}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1917|author=w:Halfdan Kjerulf|title=Av hans efterladte papirer 1831–1847|page=264|passage=det var et sluttet lag af lidt over 50 personer|t=it was a closed gathering of just over 50 people}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1873|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Hærmændene på Helgeland|page=78|passage=den ypperste mand i laget|t=the supreme man in the flock}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1873|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Kærlighedens komedie|page=100|passage=forlovet mand er tabt for venners lag|t=an engaged man is lost of friends' company}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1885|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Brand|page=13|passage=derborte står det glade lag|t=over there stands the happy group of people}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1907|author=w:Bernt Lie|title=Mot Overmagt|page=35|passage=i godt lag og ved et godt glas punsch|t=in good company and by a good glass of punch}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1926|author=w:Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson|title=Samlede Digte II|page=229|passage=vi gik fræm i samlet lag|t=we went forward in unison}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1874|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=De unges forbund|page=96|passage=så kom der liv i laget|t=then came life in the gathering}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1874|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Peer Gynt|page=149|passage=jeg følte mig aldrig hjemme i laget, og aldrig rigtig som mand af faget|t=I never felt at home in the company, and never really as a man of the trade}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1885|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Brand|page=256|passage=vi er små, er sidst i laget|t=we are small, are last in the flock}}
#* {{quote-journal|nb|year=2005|work=Universitas|page=|text=[han] har valgt å gi seg etter fire år som rektor [ved Universitetet i Oslo]. Han har ikke lagt skjul på at kona har hatt et ord med i laget|t=[he] has chosen to resign after four years as rector [at the University of Oslo]. He has made no secret of the fact that his wife has had a say in the decision}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1907|author=w:Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson|title=Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger|page=73|passage=«God kveld!» sagde Margit, … «og signe laget!»|t="Good evening!" said Margit, … "and greetings!"}}
#: {{ux|nb|ha et ord med i '''laget'''|have an influence in a decision|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|gi sitt ord med i '''laget'''|speak with; give their effort|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|signe '''laget'''|greeting for a group of people (literally: bless the company)|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|nb|godt lag gjør kortere dag|time flies in good '''company'''|inline=1}}
## a [[#English|festive]] gathering or company; [[#English|party]]
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1871|author=w:Peter Christen Asbjørnsen|title=Norske Folke-eventyr|page=166|passage=[de] holdt bedt lag og kastud hver dag|t=[they] had a wild party with people getting thrown out every day}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1885|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Brand|page=18|passage=så holdt han lag tre døgn tilende|t=then he kept company for three days}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1874|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Peer Gynt|page=66|passage=det glittrer fra hver en rude; der er lag i den store sal|t=it glitters from each a pane; there are parties in the great hall}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1907|author=w:Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson|title=Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger|page=24|passage=moderen havde ikke været i lag, siden hun var jente|t=the mother had not been in a lively gathering since she was a girl}}
## a [[#English|group]] of [[#English|people]] working together; a [[#English|team]]
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=2001|author=Marianne Bjørneboe (Editor)|title=Filmfortellere|page=51|passage=[produksjonsselskapet] ville gjerne sette sammen et lag for å utvikle tittelnovellen til et filmmanuskript, men hadde klare ambisjoner om å gjøre dette på en uortodoks måte|t=[the production company] wanted to put together a team to develop the title story into a film script, but had clear ambitions to do so in an unorthodox way}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=2009|author=Kjetil Stensvik Østli|title=Politi og røver|page=|passage=McCauley leder et lag av kjeltringer som behersker flere håndverk. Kortsvindel, sprengstoff, betongsaging, åpning av safer, spaning|t=McCauley leads a team of thugs who master several crafts. Card fraud, explosives, concrete sawing, opening of safes, reconnaissance}}
##: {{syn|nb|arbeidslag|team}}
## {{lb|nb|military}} a [[#English|squad]] {{q|smallest division unit of a troop; usually of about ten members}}
## {{lb|nb|sports}} a [[#English|sports]] [[#English|team]] {{q|a group (of at least two), which during a competition acts as a whole}}
##* {{quote-journal|nb|year=1933|work=Tidens Tegn|page=8|text=de danske aviser roser alle det norske lag|t=the Danish newspapers all praise the #Norwegian team}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=1933|author=w:Christian A. R. Christensen|title=Det hendte igår|page=84|passage=antallet av tilsluttede lokale lag er steget fra 720 til over 1 500|t=the number of affiliated local teams has risen from 720 to over 1,500}}
##* {{quote-book|nb|year=2004|author=w:Dag Solstad|title=Artikler 1993–2004|page=|passage=laget [Lillestrøm] rykket først opp i hovedserien i 1951/52-sesongen, fem sesonger etter at hovedserien hadde startet|t=the team [Lillestrøm] first moved up in the main series in the 1951/52 season, five seasons after the main series had started}}
##* {{quote-web|nb|date=06.03.2003|work=Fædrelandsvennen|url=fvn.no|text=det er ikke første gang spøkefuglen Robbie [Williams] utgir seg for å ‘spille på det andre laget’. Under en konsert har han presentert sin tidligere låtskriver Guy Chambers som sin elsker|t=this is not the first time the joker Robbie [Williams] has pretended to 'play for the other team'. During a concert, he presented his former songwriter Guy Chambers as his lover}}
##* {{quote-web|nb|date=17.09.2016|work=Nordlys|url=nordlys.no|text=jeg er anvendelig og kan ta en for laget med å spille i ny posisjon [høyre back]|t=I am useful and can take one for the team to play in a new position [right back]}}
##* {{quote-web|nb|date=18.01.2017|work=Nettavisen|url=nettavisen.no|text=vi bør ta en for laget og akseptere at alkohol ikke selges overalt fordi vi vet at økt tilgjengelighet fører til mye utrygghet|t=we should take one for the team and accept that alcohol is not sold everywhere because we know that increased availability leads to a lot of insecurity}}
##: {{ux|nb|spille på det andre '''laget'''|play for the other '''team'''; be gay|inline=1}}
##: {{ux|nb|ta en for '''laget'''|take one for the '''team'''|inline=1}}
## an [[#English|association]] {{q|a group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization}}
# {{lb|nb|military|nautical}} a row of [[#English|cannon]]s at the same [[#English|height]] in the [[#English|broadside]] of [[#English|warship]]s
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1875|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Digte|page=100|passage=længre vest er en skumklædt grund, der gav [yachten] det glatte lag|t=further west is a foam-covered ground that gave [the yacht] the shooting cannons}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1929|author=w:Olaf Benneche|title=Tordenskjold|page=116|passage=– Klar ved kanonene der! Gi ham det glatte lag, fyr!|t=- Ready for the cannons there! Give him the shooting cannons, fire!}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1873|author=w:Henrik Ibsen|title=Kærlighedens komedie|page=137|passage=fast aldrig var vi enige, vi gav hinanden tidt det glatte lag|t=though we never agreed, we often gave each other the full truth}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1946|author=w:Joachim Holst-Jensen|title=Holst-Jensen ruller opp|page=95|passage=da tok sinnet meg, jeg riposterte i anmelderens egen avis og ga ham det glatte lag|t=then the mind took me, I reposted in the reviewer's own newspaper and gave him the honest truth}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1995|author=John Ege|title=Dominoklubben|page=|passage=jeg ga han det glatte lag, spurte om han hadde lært å kjøre drosje i Kardemomme by|t=I gave him the harsh truth, asked if he had learned to drive a taxi in Cardamom town}}
#: {{ux|nb|gi (noen) det glatte '''lag'''|fire all the cannons on one side of the ship at once; bombard someone with harsh truths|inline=1}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col5|nb|ørtuglag|annetlag|A-lag|B-lag|benlag|reservelag|fall-lag|felag|fotball-lag|fotball-landslag|håndball-lag|håndball-landslag|kull-lag|ordelag|moselag|spelmannslag|stallbrorlag|studentlag|søsterlag|utdrikningslag|ørtlag|avskjedslag|øyelag|bandylag|barrierelag|andelslag|annendagslag|etterpålag|aleuronlag|allidrettslag|allstarlag|arbeiderlag|lokallag|arbeidslag|armlag|håndlag|beitelag|blinkerlag|boligbyggelag|boligsparelag|bondelag|bordlag|borelag|borettslag|bortelag|hjemmelag|lagarbeid|lagkamerat|landslag|ozonlag|underlag|om lag}}

===Etymology 2===
{{root|nb|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}
From {{inh|nb|non|lǫg||fate, situation; law}}, from {{m|non|lag||layer; companionship}}, from {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*lagą||situation; law}}, from {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*legʰ-||to lie}}.

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-m1}}

# {{lb|nb|historical|Norway}} a [[#English|district]] {{q|area which is under common law and has common principal [[Thing]]s}}
#: {{syn|nb|distrikt}}
#: {{ux|nb|Trøndelag, Gulatingslagen, Frostatingslagen|Trøndelag, Gulathing Law, Frostathing Law}}
# {{lb|nb|obsolete}} a [[#English|law]] {{q|the body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities}}
#: {{syn|nb|lov}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=|author=w:Henrik Wergeland|title=Samlede Skrifter VI,1|page=62|passage=skotske lag og drot|t=Scottish law and king}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|nb|lagrett|lagting|lagdømme|lagabøte}}

===Etymology 3===

====Verb====
{{head|nb|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nb|lage||imp}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}
* {{R:NAOB|lag_1}}
* {{R:NAOB|lag_2}}
* “[http://www.snl.no/lag lag]” in ''Store norske leksikon''
* “[http://www.snl.no/lag_-_geologi lag (geologi)]” in ''Store norske leksikon''
* “[http://www.snl.no/lag_-_militærvesen lag (militærvesen)]” in ''Store norske leksikon''
* “[http://www.snl.no/lag_-_idrett lag (idrett)]” in ''Store norske leksikon''

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|nb|gal|gla}}

{{C|nb|Collectives|Military units}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==
{{wp|lang=nn|Lag som militær eining}}

===Etymology===
{{root|nn|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}
From {{inh|nn|non|lag}}, from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*lagą}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/lɑːɡ/}}
* {{rhymes|nn|ɑːɡ}}

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# [[layer]]
# [[team]] (group of people)
# [[mood]]
# {{lb|nn|military}} a [[squad]]

====Synonyms====
* {{q|sense 2}} {{l|nn|team}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3-u|nn
|fotballag
|grunnlag
|idrettslag
|i lag
|lagidrett
|lagkamerat
|landslag
|om lag
|opplag
|ozonlag
|på lag
|underlag
}}

===Verb===
{{head|nn|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nn|laga||imp}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Old Norse==

===Etymology===
{{root|non|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}
From {{inh|non|gem-pro|*lagą}}, from {{inh|non|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}.

===Noun===
{{non-noun|n|lags|lǫg}}

# [[stratum]], [[layer]]
# [[due]] [[place]], [[right]] [[position]]
# [[companionship]], [[fellowship]]
# [[living]] [[together]]
# [[cohabitation]]
# [[market price]], [[tax]]
# [[thrust]], [[stab]] (with a knife, sword or spear)
# [[air]], [[tune]]

====Declension====
{{non-decl-n-a|lag|lǫg}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|non|{{l|non|aldrlag|g=n||death}}
|{{l|non|félag|g=n||companionship}}
|{{l|non|lagliga||meetly, handsomely}}
|{{l|non|lagligr||meet, handsome}}
|{{l|non|lagskona|g=m||concubine}}
|{{l|non|lagsmaðr|g=m||companion, comrade}}
|{{l|non|lagvápn|g=n||weapon for thrusting}}
|{{l|non|lǫg|g=n-p|g2=f||law, laws}}
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|non|laga}}
* {{l|non|leggja}}
* {{l|non|liggja}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|is|lag|g1=n|;|lög|g2=n-p}}
* {{desc|fo|lag}}
* {{desc|nn|lag|g1=n|;|log|g2=f}} <!--
* {{desc|gmq-bot|lag}}-->
* {{desc|gmq-osw|lagh}}
** {{desc|sv|lag|g=n|lag|g2=c,f}}
*** {{desc|fi|laki|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gmq-oda|lagh|logh}}
** {{desc|da|lag|lav|g1=n|lov|g2=c}}
*** {{desc|nb|lag|g1=n|lov|g2=m}}
*** {{desc|fo|lóg|bor=1|g=f}}
*** {{desc|nn|lov|bor=1|g=f,m}}
* {{desc|ang|lagu|bor=1}}
** {{desc|enm|lawe|laȝe|lagh|bor=1}}
*** {{desc|en|law|t=score, share of expense, legal charge}}
* {{desc|sco|lauch|lawch}}

===References===
* [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857#page/258 lag] in ''A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic'', G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at [https://archive.org/details/concisedictionar001857 Internet Archive].

==Old Saxon==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|osx|gem-pro|*lēgaz||low}}.

===Adjective===
{{osx-adj|head=lāg|lāgiro|lāgist}}

# [[low]]

====Declension====
{{osx-decl-adj|lāg|lāgir|lāgist}}

==Polish==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pl|en|lag}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-lag.wav|hh=lak}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# {{lb|pl|computing|slang}} {{l|en|lag}} {{gl|bad connection, loss of connection}}
#: {{syn|pl|opóźnienie}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in|gens=laga}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=verb|lagować}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Romansch==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|rm|laitg||Sutsilvan}}
* {{alt|rm|lai||Rumantsch Grischun|Sutsilvan|Surmiran|Vallader}}
* {{alt|rm|lej||Puter}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|rm|la|lacus}}, from {{inh|rm|itc-pro|*lakus}}, from {{inh|rm|ine-pro|*lókus||lake, pool}}.

===Noun===
{{rm-noun|m}}

# {{qualifier|Sursilvan, Sutsilvan}} [[lake]]

==Scottish Gaelic==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gd|sga|lac||weak}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gd|/l̪ˠak/}}
* {{IPA|gd|[l̪ˠɑɡ̊]|ref={{R:gd:Oftedal}}|a=Lewis}}

===Adjective===
{{head|gd|adjective}}

# [[weak]], [[feeble]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|gd|deoch-lag}}

===References===
{{reflist|size=smaller}}

==Sumerian==

===Romanization===
{{sux-rom}}

# {{romanization of|sux|𒋃|tr=lag}}

==Swedish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sv|/lɑːɡ/}}
* {{audio|sv|Sv-lag.ogg|text=ett lag}}
* {{rhymes|sv|ɑːɡ}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|sv|gmq-osw|lagh}}, from {{der|sv|non|lǫg}}. Cognate with {{cog|da|lov}}, {{cog|no|lov}}, {{cog|en|law}}.
Related to {{cog|non|leggja}} “to define”<!-- fastställa, bestämma -->.

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|c}}

# a [[law]]; a written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.
# law; the body of written rules governing a society.
# a law; a one-sided contract.
# a law; an observed physical law.
# {{lb|sv|mathematics}} a law; a statement that is true under specified conditions.

=====Usage notes=====
Appears with a frozen genitive from when {{m|sv|till}} governed the genitive in the expression {{m|sv|vara någon till lags||to please someone}}.

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4-u|sv|title=Terms derived from ''lag'' (law)
|grundlag
|lagakraftvunnen
|lagberedning
|lagbestämmelse
|lagbok
|lagbrott
|lagbrytare
|lagbud
|lagbunden
|lagbundenhet
|lagenlig
|lagenlighet
|lagens långa arm
|lagfara
|lagfaren
|lagfart
|lagfästa
|lagfästning
|lagföra
|lagföring
|lagförslag
|lagisk
|lagiskhet
|lagklok
|lagkränkning
|lagkunnig
|lagkänsla
|laglig
|lagligen
|laglighet
|laglott
|laglydig
|laglydighet
|laglydnad
|laglös
|laglöshet
|lagman
|lagom
|lagparagraf
|lagprövning
|lagreform
|lagregel
|lagreglerad
|lagrum
|lagråd
|lagsamling
|lagskydd
|lagskärpning
|lagspråk
|lagstadgad
|lagstadgande
|lagstifta
|lagstiftande
|lagstiftare
|lagstiftning
|lagstridig
|lagstridighet
|lagstudium
|lagsöka
|lagsökning
|lagteknisk
|lagtext
|lagtillämpning
|lagtima
|lagting
|lagtolkare
|lagtolkning
|lagtrots
|lagutskott
|lagvidrig
|lagvigd
|lagvrängare
|lagändring
|lagöverträdare
|lagöverträdelse
|landskapslag
|landslag
|naturlag
|stadslag
|samtyckeslag
|vara någon till lags
|övergångslag
}}

====See also====
* [[juridik]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|sv|gmq-osw|lagher}}, from {{der|sv|non|lǫgr}}, from {{der|sv|gem-pro|*laguz}}, from {{der|sv|ine-pro|*lókus}}.
Cognate with {{cog|la|lacus}}.

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|c}}

# {{lb|sv|cooking}} a water-based solution of sugar, salt and/or other spices; e.g. [[brine]]

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|sv|saltlag}}
* {{l|sv|sockerlag}}
* {{l|sv|ättikslag}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{der|sv|gmq-osw|lagh}}, from {{der|sv|non|lag}}. Derived from {{der|sv|non|leggja||to lay}} or {{m|non|liggja||to lie}}.

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|n}}

# a [[workgroup]], a [[team]]; group of people which in sports compete together versus another team; or in general, work closely together

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3-u|sv|title=Terms derived from ''lag'' (n)
|arbetslag
|bandylag
|fotbollslag
|handbollslag
|hockeylag
|lagackord
|laganda
|lagarbete
|lagbas
|lagdel
|lagidrott
|lagkamrat
|lagkapp
|lagkappsimning
|lagkapten
|lagledare
|lagmedlem
|lagmoral
|lagschack
|lagseger
|lagspel
|lagspelare
|lagsport
|lagtempo
|lagtävling
|laguppställning
|laguttagning
|landslag
}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=agl|alg|gal}}

==Tagakaulu Kalagan==

===Noun===
{{head|klg|noun}}

# [[wild]] [[cat]]