An archaic or dialectal term meaning keen, eager, or sharp.
From Old English and Germanic roots related to 'eager.' The word is related to Proto-Germanic '*agraz' meaning 'sharp' or 'acute.' Over time, 'eager' became the standard form while 'eger' survived only in dialects.
Before spelling was standardized, 'eger' and 'eager' were both used—you can actually see this variation in Shakespeare's First Folio from 1623, showing how fluid early modern English was.
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