Aegir
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of eagre. alt-of, alternative
"A dull roar came up stream, up from the sea. Round the bend in the river rose a grey wall of water, the aegir, the tide wave. Swift and roaring it came, ..."
- 2 a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A moon of Saturn.
Example
More examples"A dull roar came up stream, up from the sea. Round the bend in the river rose a grey wall of water, the aegir, the tide wave. Swift and roaring it came, ..."
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