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atgar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
at-gar
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of spear or lance formerly in use.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ætgār (“a short spear, dart, javelin, a kind of dart or other weapon to cast at the enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *atgaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *atgaizaz; equivalent to at- + gar (“spear”). Cognate with Old Frisian etgēr, Old High German azgēr, azigēr, Icelandic atgeir (“spear”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

atgars (plural) ategar (alternative)

Questions

What does atgar mean?
A kind of spear or lance formerly in use.
Where does atgar come from?
It is traced to Proto-West Germanic.

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