Old English | sb | English |
Egg* | n | Mid-14c., egge, mostly in northern England dialect, from Old Norse egg. This Norse-derived northern word vied in Middle English with native cognates eye, eai, eir, eyren (pl) from Old English æg, until finally displacing the others after c.1500. |
Egg | phr | "Chicken and the Egg*" - two factors each of which results in the other. |
Egg | phr | "Have Eggs on the Spit/Eyren" - be very busy. |
Egg | phr | "Tread on Egg Shells*/Eye" - proceed with great caution. |
Egg-corn | n | A word or phrase that results from a mishearing because of similar sounds. |
Egghead | n | Somebody of superior intellectual. |
Egg-monger | n | A dealer in eggs; an eirmonger. |
Egg-shell | n | The calcareous outside covering of an egg. |
Egg-timer | n | A device for timing the cooking of eggs. |
Egg-white | n | The albumen of an egg as distinguished from the yolk. |
Egleche | adj | Valiant, brave, fierce warrior. 2. a cruel person. |
Egleche | adj | Misery, sharp conflict. |
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