haggister

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A magpie. UK,dialectal,rare

词形变化

haggisters plural hagester alternative hagister alternative eggiste alternative

词源

From Middle English *haguster, aguster, from Old English *agustre, from Proto-West Germanic *agustrā, *agistrā, variant of *agastrijā (“magpie, woodpecker”); related to West Frisian ekster (“magpie”), Dutch ekster (“magpie”), German Low German Heister, Häster (“magpie”), Swabian Ägerst (“magpie”). Compare also German Elster (“magpie”).
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