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Etymolgy of Aegir[edit]

See Partridge, Eric (1 Nov 1977). Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. Macmillan. p. 129. ISBN 978-0025948402. Retrieved 2013-03-24. ...eagre being literally a spear-thrust of water... {{cite book}}: More than one of |at= and |page= specified (help) .

It seems possible that Aegir may once have been eagre, and that 19th century antiquarians, attracted by the name of the god, got it confused.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 21:12, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See Trent Vale website - http://www.trentvale.co.uk/downloads/landscapecharacter.pdf Page 8 on Aegir. The alternative meaning is stated as Eau Guerre or 'water war', which neatly links your two queries on Aegir and Eau. Jokulhlaup (talk) 18:01, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Another link from me, this book has another derivation for the Aegir name. Reading this book and other references, does mean I am having doubts about Stone and his explanation that it occurs when the tide meets the downstream flow. More to do with a narrowing of the Humber estuary instead. Jokulhlaup (talk) 18:58, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]