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eagre

n.
ea·gre Archaic
Synonyms
Etymology 1

See eager.

Etymology 2

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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