Giccan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - giccan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

giccan
to itch: prurire :-- Wið giccendre wombe for an itching stomach [Cockayne prefers to translate the verb to hiccup, for other itching blotch, 70, 27. [Prompt. Parv. ȝichin prurire: A. R. ȝicchen: Chauc. icche: O. H. Ger. iuchian prurire, scalpere: Ger. jucken to itch.] giccan

Related words: his Glossary], Lchdm. iii. 50, 13. Wið óðrum giccendum blece

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