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navegar (s.xiii/xiv)
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navegar (s.xiii/xiv)

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nauegar,  navegare (l. nauegare);  navgere (l. naugere)  (awger)  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  auger n.1  MED:  nauger n.  DMLBS: ∅
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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The term is present in OE and other Germanic idioms. In post medieval times, in English, the initial n- was attracted to the indefinite article, leading to the modern spelling of an auger.

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1build.implementdrill, auger (borer, gimlet): 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  Hec fabricantur cum securi, dolabra, rostricutio, bisacuta, acia, terebro (gloss: (D) navegar) (var. (tarere: s.xiiiex) C), cum cuneis et cavillis [...]  TLL i 202.79 and ii 144.79
( 1415 )  .i. sawe [...] Item, un hache [...] Item, un awger, pris .iiij. d. 2  Forfeitures Agincourt 99
2ship.(on a ship) aperture, for oar: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  Fiant etiam fori et columbaria - no dico foratoria (gloss: (D) navgeres, terereis) (var. (C: s.xiii2) pertuz de terere;  (L: s.xiii/xiv) terires gallice, navegas ) - per que remi exire possint, si opus sit navigio, si aura deficiat  TLL i 188.166 and ii 79.166

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