† ˈelger Obs.
[? f. OE. ǽl eel + gár spear. Cf. Flem. aalgeer, elger, an eel-spear, of which the Eng. word may possibly be an adoption.]
An eel-spear: see algere.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 138 Elyer, or elger, fyscharis instrument; anguillaris, fuscina, fragidica, dentata. Ibid. 186 Garfangyl, or elger: anguillaria, anguillare. |