aage

Noun

aage m (plural aages)

1. Alternative form of eage

Alternative forms

• aige, age, eage, edage

Etymology

From earlier edage, from Vulgar Latin *aetaticum, from Latin aevitās (“age”), from aevus (“time, lifetime”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“lifetime”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (aiws, “time, eternity”), Old High German ēwī (“eternity”), Old English ǣ (“life”), ā (“always”).

Noun

aage m (oblique plural aages, nominative singular aages, nominative plural aage)

1. age
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Onques nus hon de son aage
     Ne fu de greignor vasselage.

     Never us, men of their age
     We did not deal with the biggest vassalage.