English word origin

Etymology of eagre

See eager.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

adj

Obsolete form of eager.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

See eager.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

noun

a tidal bore

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Not attested in Middle English; either from Old English *ēagor (“water, sea”) (attested in ēagorstrēam) or Old Norse ægir (“sea, ocean”); however, both possibilities fail to show the phonological outcome one would expect.

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Derivation mention*ēagorang · water, sea
Derivation mentionægirnon · sea, ocean

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