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The genealogy of eagre ‘tidal surge in the river Trent’
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posted on 2023-06-08, 10:52 authored by Richard CoatesA case is made for the derivation of the regional word eagre ‘tidal surge’, ‘bore’, and relatives or variants found in other contexts, from OE e(a)gor- meaning ‘flood’ or the like, despite the phonological difficulty. A Latin source is proposed. The evidence for the word is considered alongside place-name evidence, and explanations are tentatively reaffirmed, and proposed, respectively, for two problematic names in Nottinghamshire and Gloucestershire.
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English Language and LinguisticsISSN
1360-6743Publisher
Cambridge University PressExternal DOI
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3Volume
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507-523Department affiliated with
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2012-02-21Usage metrics
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