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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 791 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EAGRE (a word of obscure origin; the earliest See also:form seems to be higre, Latinized as higra, which See also:William of See also:Malmesbury gives as the name of the See also:bore in the See also:Severn; the New See also:English See also:Dictionary rejects the usual derivations from the O. Eng. eagor or egor, whi  ch is seen in compounds meaning " See also:flood," and also the connexion with the Norse See also:sea-See also:god Aegir), a See also:tide See also:wave of See also:great height rushing up an See also:estuary (see See also:BoRE), used locally of the See also:Humber and See also:Trent .

End of Article: EAGRE (a word of obscure origin; the earliest form seems to be higre, Latinized as higra, which William of Malmesbury gives as the name of the bore in the Severn; the New English Dictionary rejects the usual derivations from the O. Eng. eagor or egor, whi
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