atgar

English

Alternative forms
  • ategar

Etymology

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”).

Noun

atgar (plural atgars)

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

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