An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Gelage

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Gelage.

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2529228An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — GelageJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Gelage, neuter, ‘feast, banquet, drinking bout,’ first occurs in early Modern High German, allied to legen. Scarcely derived from the ancient Gelage (banquets); but just as Gothic gabaur is literally ‘that which is laid together,’ and then ‘picnic, feasting’ (from baíran, ‘to carry,’ see Bahre), so Gelage is literally ‘that which is laid together,’ and then ‘feasting’; compare zechen.