An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/ergötzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
ergötzen
Friedrich Kluge2521046An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E — ergötzen1891John Francis Davis

ergötzen, ergetzen, vb., ‘to delight,’ from MidHG. ergętzen, ‘to cause to forget (espec. grief), compensate for’; factitive of MidHG. ergeȥȥen, ‘to forget.’ See vergessen. —