Middle English Dictionary Entry

gaggen v.
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Entry Info

Forms gaggen v.
Etymology ?Imitative. But cp. OI gag-háls with the neck drawn back, Norw. gaga, etc.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To strangle (sb.); (b) ?in surnames.
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