† algeren.

Forms: late Middle English alger, late Middle English algere.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch elger.

Etymology: Apparently < an unattested variant of Middle Dutch elger (Dutch elger , also aalgeer (c1614 as aelger )) < aal eel n. + geer gare n.¹ Earlier currency in Dutch (with initial a- ) may be implied by Old French algier javelin (c1100; apparently < Old Dutch). Compare Middle Low German elgēr , rare ( < Middle Dutch). Compare also Anglo-Norman elger (13th cent.; also as alger in a 17th-cent. copy). Compare elger n. and auger n.² Compare also pilger n.¹

Obsolete.

An eel-spear. Cf. elger n., auger n.²

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a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 29^v Fussina, an hok of fysh or of flesh..or alger [a1500 Canterbury a hoke for fysshe, an algere].

a1500 Medulla Gram. (Canterbury) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Algere [Contus], an algere [a1425 Stonyhurst awgar], a shaft, a dartt, a polloure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	algere
释义	† algeren. Forms: late Middle English alger, late Middle English algere. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch elger. Etymology: Apparently < an unattested variant of Middle Dutch elger (Dutch elger , also aalgeer (c1614 as aelger )) < aal eel n. + geer gare n.¹ Earlier currency in Dutch (with initial a- ) may be implied by Old French algier javelin (c1100; apparently < Old Dutch). Compare Middle Low German elgēr , rare ( < Middle Dutch). Compare also Anglo-Norman elger (13th cent.; also as alger in a 17th-cent. copy). Compare elger n. and auger n.² Compare also pilger n.¹ Obsolete. An eel-spear. Cf. elger n., auger n.² ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > spear > [noun] > for eels algerea1425 augera1425 elgerc1440 eel-spear1555 proking stick1598 pilgera1825 stang1847 sun spear1865 pick1875 prick1880–4 eel-pick1883 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 29^v Fussina, an hok of fysh or of flesh..or alger [a1500 Canterbury a hoke for fysshe, an algere]. a1500 Medulla Gram. (Canterbury) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Algere [Contus], an algere [a1425 Stonyhurst awgar], a shaft, a dartt, a polloure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1425
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