Literary notes about aiger (AI summary)
The word "aiger" functions both as an adjective describing a person's willingness and as a proper noun in different literary contexts. In one narrative, it conveys a sense of readiness or disposition, as when a character expresses an eagerness to witness something unusual [1] and when another character is portrayed as being unwilling to undertake a particular task [2]. Meanwhile, the term also emerges in a geographical setting, lending a unique character to a location named Aiger Göl on a mountain slope [3]. Additionally, its use in a rhetorical query about one’s readiness to engage in conversation further underscores its role as an indicator of willingness [4].
- "But A'm aiger fur till see the pine wi' the big santipede on it," objected the terrible infant.
— from Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy - Finn wasn't aiger for to thry, bekase it was Satan's own job, so he held out agin all her scholdin' an' beggin' an' cryin'.
— from Irish Wonders
The Ghosts, Giants, Pooka, Demons, Leprechawns, Banshees, Fairies, Witches, Widows, Old Maids, and other Marvels of the Emerald Isle by D. R. (David Russell) McAnally - We overlook the small circular lake of the Aiger Göl, on the southern slopes of Sipan.
— from Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 2 of 2)
The Turkish Provinces by H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse) Lynch - Now, listen to me—are you not as aiger to make convarts as either M'Slime or Lucre?”
— from Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish AgentThe Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton