Gicþa

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gicþa

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gyhþa, an;

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.]

Related words: gihþa. gicþa

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