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Quotation dates: 1898-1922
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‡LAEGA, n. Also lega (Jak.). The act of lying, as in bed; of a fishing-boat: a lying in one place, an anchorage, the catch of fish taken here. Also fig. a resting-place. Freq. in phr. to lie a laega, of a person or boat.Sh. 1898 Shetland News (18 June):
An' I'd tought dat wis ta be da end o' siccan pritty livers, dey sood made a better laega.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
He is lyin' him a lega — he is taking a long nap; to mak' a guid or ill lega — to make a good or poor haul of fish.Sh. 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Röd 91, 134:
Bend ye da cappie an' büropes, an' rin doon. Shü'll no get a laega — sae muckle as da waur. . . . Com' below boys, an' lats get mooth o' suntin' ta aet. I fear we'll no lie a laega.
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