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