alger

== Icelandic == === Adjective === alger (not comparable) alternative form of algjör ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === algere, awgar elger, elgyr, elyer (Promptorium Parvulorum) === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Middle Dutch âelgêer, from âel (“eel”) +‎ gêer (“spear”), in which case forms with /ɛ/ are either due to the influence of el (“eel”) or from the alternate form elger. However, derivation from an Old English *ǣlgār cannot be entirely excluded (compare Old Frisian ēlgēr). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈalɡər/, /ˈɛlɡər/ === Noun === alger (Late Middle English, rare) A spear for catching eels. ==== References ==== “ā̆l-gē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === alger m indefinite plural of alge === Anagrams === lager, galer, lagre, large, regal, regla == Swedish == === Noun === alger indefinite plural of alg === Anagrams === lager, regla