Ticia
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ticia
According to the Old English Dictionary:
an;
- ticia
- n. A tick (an insect infesting animals):--Ticia ricinus, Txts. 109, 1130. [A teke ascarida, Wrt. Voc. i. 255, col. 1 (15th cent.). A tyke, Wülck. Gl. 566, 18. Tyke, wyrm, Prompt. ParO. Du. teke: M. H. Ger. zeche, zecke: Ger. zecke. Cf. the borrowed Romance forms, Fr. tique: Ital. zecca.] ticia