Old English Dictionary Entry

Gicþa

Part of speech: gyhþa, an; Related words: gihþa. gicþa

Definitions

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1 gicþa

m. Itch, itching :-- Gicþa pruritus, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 62: Wrt. Voc. 20, 6: Past. 11; Swt. 70, 19; Cot. MS. Wið gicþan against itch, Herb. 21, 3; Lchdm. i. 116, 23: L. M. 2, 41; Lchdm. ii. 252, 19, 24: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 6. [Prompt. Parv. ȝikthe prurigo: O. H. Ger. iuchido prurigo, scabies.]

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᚳᚦᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
L.: Latin
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Cot.: Cottonian Manuscripts
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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