Middle English Dictionary Entry
digge n.
Entry Info
| Forms | digge n. |
| Etymology | Cp. MnE dial. dig a duck. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A duck; (b) ?a surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)245 : Spanyells full spedily þay spryngen abowte, Be-dagged for dowkynge when digges ben enewede.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.9 : Þandon for wylde digges, swannus, and piggus.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)55/189 : Here are doves, diggs, drakes, redshankes runninge through the lakes.
b
- (1251) Inquis.PM Hen.III in Archaeol.Cant.2303 : John Digge.