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atgar

atgar noun: a kind of spear or lance formerly in use.

Noun

atgar (plural atgars)

  1. (Anglo-Saxon) A kind of spear or lance formerly in use.

Forms of atgar

pluralatgars
alternative formategar

Origin of atgar

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”).

Questions about atgar

What does atgar mean?
Atgar means a kind of spear or lance formerly in use.
What part of speech is atgar?
Atgar is a noun.
What is the plural of atgar?
The plural of atgar is atgars.

Words near atgar in the dictionary

  1. ATF
  2. Atfalati
  3. ATFL
  4. ATFs
  5. ATG
  6. atgar
  7. atgars
  8. ATGATT
  9. atgeir
  10. atgeirs
  11. ATGM

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