Egging someone on

Posted by ESC on July 06, 2005

In Reply to: Egging someone on posted by SarahSmile on July 06, 2005

: Anybody know where "egging someone on" came from?

From Merriam-Webster online:

Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse eggja; akin to Old English ecg edge -- more at EDGE.

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