eagre

noun

ea·​gre

variants or eager or less commonly aegir

ˈēgə(r),

ˈāg-

: a tidal flood or flow : bore

Word History

Etymology

alteration of earlier higre, from (assumed) Middle English higre (whence Medieval Latin higra)

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