eagre · adjective1
See eager.
eagre · noun2
- Old Norse · derived fromægir“sea, ocean”
- Old English · derived from*ēagor“water, sea”
- English todayeagre
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.
Words from the same roots
Old English*ēagor all →
Averham
Old Norseægir all →
Ægir
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.