"alger" meaning in Middle English

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ēlgēr"
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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "Probably borrowed from Middle Dutch âelgêer, from âel (“eel”) + gêer (“spear”), in which case forms with /ɛ/ are either due to the influence of el (“eel”) or from the alternate form elger. However, derivation from an Old English *ǣlgār cannot be entirely excluded (compare Old Frisian ēlgēr).",
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    {
      "form": "algere",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awgar",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elger",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgyr",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "elyer",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Fishing",
          "orig": "enm:Fishing",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A spear for catching eels."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "spear",
          "spear"
        ],
        [
          "catching",
          "catching"
        ],
        [
          "eel",
          "eel"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Late Middle English, rare) A spear for catching eels."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈalɡər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛlɡər/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alger"
}

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        "2": "",
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        "2": "ēlgēr"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably borrowed from Middle Dutch âelgêer, from âel (“eel”) + gêer (“spear”), in which case forms with /ɛ/ are either due to the influence of el (“eel”) or from the alternate form elger. However, derivation from an Old English *ǣlgār cannot be entirely excluded (compare Old Frisian ēlgēr).",
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    {
      "form": "algere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awgar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elger",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgyr",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "elyer",
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        "A spear for catching eels."
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        "(Late Middle English, rare) A spear for catching eels."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈalɡər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛlɡər/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alger"
}