atgar

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noun

A kind of spear or lance formerly in use.

OriginOld English ætgār ← Proto-West Germanic *atgaiʀ ← Proto-Germanic *atgaizaz →
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Meanings

nounatgar (plural atgars)

plural atgars · alternative ategar

  1. Anglo-SaxonA kind of spear or lance formerly in use.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*atgaizaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*atgaiʀ
  3. Old Englishætgār“a short spear, dart, javelin, a kind of dart or other weapon to cast at the enemy”
  4. Englishatgar

Learned borrowing from Old English ætgār (“a short spear, dart, javelin, a kind of dart or other weapon to cast at the enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *atgaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *atgaizaz; equivalent to at- + gar (“spear”). Cognate with Old Frisian etgēr, Old High German azgēr, azigēr, Icelandic atgeir (“spear”).

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APA

atgar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atgar

MLA

“atgar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atgar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atgar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atgar.

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