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aegir

aegir is the alternative spelling of eagre.

Meaning of eagre

Noun

eagre (plural eagres)

  1. a tidal bore
    • A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees.1896, Bret Harte, In a Hollow of the Hills: and Other Tales, page 210
    Synonyms:
    tidal bore, bore

Proper noun capitalized: Aegir

Aegir

  1. A moon of Saturn, also called Saturn XXXVI.

Forms of aegir

pluralaegirs

Questions about aegir

What does aegir mean?
Aegir means a moon of Saturn, also called Saturn XXXVI.
What is aegir the alternative spelling of?
Aegir is the alternative spelling of eagre.
What part of speech is aegir?
Aegir is a proper noun.

Words near aegir in the dictionary

  1. aegipanes
  2. aegipans
  3. Aegipt
  4. Aegiptian
  5. Aegiptians
  6. aegir
  7. aegirinaugite
  8. aegirine
  9. aegirine-augite
  10. aegirines
  11. aegirinic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aegir (page history and authors); Aegir (page history and authors); eagre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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