▪ I. † ˈeker1 Obs.—0
[f. eke v. + -er.]
One who increases.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 112 An eker, auctor, augmentator. |
▪ II. † ˈeker2 Obs. rare.
Also iker.
[Origin and meaning unknown; possibly a corruption of niker, nicker, water-sprite. Cf. also eagre.]
| c 1300 K. Alis. 6175 They woneth in water, y-wis, With eker [v.r. Iker] and fysch. Ibid. 6202 He say the ekeris wonynge And the fysches lotynge. |