The Anglish Moot
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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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