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Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of eagre English)
WordNet
n. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) [syn: tidal bore, bore, eagre, eager]
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In Norse mythology, Ægir ( Old Norse "sea") is a sea jötunn associated with the ocean. He is also known for hosting elaborate parties for the gods.
Ægir's servants are Fimafeng (killed by Loki) and Eldir.
- Redirect Asgard (Stargate)#Minor characters
Aegir or Saturn XXXVI (provisional designation S/2004 S 10) is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005, from observations taken between December 12, 2004, and March 11, 2005.
Aegir is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 19,618 Mm in 1025.908 days, at an inclination of 167° to the ecliptic (140° to Saturn's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.237.
It was named in April 2007 after Ægir, a giant from Norse mythology, the personification of tranquil seas, the one who soothes storms away. He is a son of Fornjót, and brother of Logi (fire, flame) and Kári (wind).
Ægir (also Æger) is a figure in Norse mythology.
Aegir, Ægir, or Æger may also refer to:
- Aegir (moon), a moon of Saturn
- AEgir (planet) or epsilon Eridani b, an exoplanet
- Aegir, another name for a tidal bore
- Trent Aegir, the tidal bore on the River Trent
- G.S.R. Aegir, a student rowing club in Groningen, the Netherlands
- Aegir, the name of a member of the Asgard (Stargate) race in the science fiction TV show Stargate
- DCV Aegir, a large offshore construction vessel being built for Heerema Marine Contractors
- USS Aegir (AS-23), a former US submarine
- Aegir Ridge, an extinct mid-ocean ridge in the far-northern Atlantic Ocean
- Ægir class offshore patrol vessel, a class serving the Icelandic Coast Guard
- Aegir, another name for aegirine, a type of silicate mineral
- Aegir Hosting System, an open source software system which handles the deployment and management of Drupal websites
- HNoMS Æger, name of several ships in the Royal Norwegian Navy
- Aeger, a genus of fossil shrimp
Usage examples of "aegir".
At the head of the stair, on the cliff-edge, were gathered Odin and his lady Frigga, old Aegir and Ran, Bragi and all the other Aesir nobles.
Beyond her were the two empty seats of Frey and Gerda, then Bragi and Idun, old Aegir and his wife, and brooding, silent Tyr.
By then she was far out on the heaving grey sea, with low-pitched grumbling on her benches, and prayers to Lord Aegir and the Thunderer.
During one of the respites, idly talking men decided that Aegir and Ran had naught to do with this awful stretch of water, and the skalds must merely have failed to make mention that here reigned Loki and his ugly get, Hela who ruled the underworld.
Ran was wife to Lord Aegir the Bountiful, and no kindly she-goddess was she.
Wotan, Aegir and other gods, Cormac understood that something was badly wrong.
Angantyr, a foe whose mettle they had duly tested, they proceeded to recover possession of a priceless treasure, a magic dragon ship named Ellida, which Aegir, god of the sea, had once given to Viking in reward for hospitable treatment, and which had been stolen from him.
When the sharp outlines of the red cliffs of Heligoland appeared, the German cruiser Seeadler came from the island to meet the squadron and reported that the coast ironclads Aegir and Odin, the cruisers Hansa, Vineta, Freya, and Hertha, together with the torpedo-boats, had set out from Wilhelmshaven during the night and had seen nothing of the enemy.
But he had lost her, when Aegir and Ran left with the other Norse gods and giants, taking their daughters with them.