gyge

Middle English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi(ː)ɡə/

Verb

gyge

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of gyge (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) gygen, gyge
present tense past tense
1st-person singular gyge gyged
2nd-person singular gygest gygedest
3rd-person singular gygeth gyged
subjunctive singular gyge
imperative singular —
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

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