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eagre

UK/ˈeɪɡə(ɹ)/ US/ˈiːɡə(ɹ)/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

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Origin

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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