Gihþa
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gihþa
According to the Old English Dictionary:
an;
- gihþa
- m. Itch, itching :-- Unaberendlíc gyhþa ofereode ealne ðone líchaman an unbearable itching overspread the whole body, Homl. Th. i. 86, 12. [The word used in the passage of Josephus describing Herod's condition is κνησμόs.]