gyge

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French giguer (“to play the fiddle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi(ː)ɡə/

Verb

gyge

(Late Middle English, hapax legomenon) To make a creaking sound.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *gyge* (weak in -ed)
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) gygen, gyge

1st-person singular	gyge	gyged
2nd-person singular	gygest	gygedest
3rd-person singular	gygeth	gyged
subjunctive singular	gyge	gyged
imperative singular	gyge	—

plural¹	gygen, gyge	gygeden, gygede
imperative plural	gygeth, gyge	—

participles	gygynge, gygende	gyged, ygyged

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: jig
Yola: jigges (plural)

References

“ǧī̆gen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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