A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Egalite], sb. equality, CM.—OF. egalite; Lat. aequalitatem.

Egen; see [Eȝe].

[ Egge], sb. edge, W; eg, Voc., CM; egges, pl., MD; eggez, S2.—AS. ecg: OS. eggia, see Sievers, 258; cp. Lat. acies.

[ Eggement], sb. instigation, C3.

[ Eggen], v. to sharpen, to incite, provoke, MD, H, CM; eggede, pt. s., S2; egged, S3, P; y-egged, pp., MD; i-egged, MD.—Icel. eggja.

[ Eggyyng], sb. instigation, S2, CM; eggyngis, pl., H.

Eghe; see [Eȝe].

[ Egle], sb. eagle, C2, PP.—AF. egle, OF. aigle; Lat. aquila.

[ Egleche], adj. pl. war-like, S.—AS. agléca, aglǽcea, a warrior, vexator (Grein). See [Eȝe].

[ Egre], adj. eager, sharp, fierce, C2, PP.—AF. egre, OF. aigre; Lat. acrem.