Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧigge n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧigge n.(2) Also gige. |
| Etymology | Cp. ǧī̆gen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?A squeaking sound, a creak.
Associated quotations
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1942 : For the swough and for the twygges, This hous was also ful of gygges [vr. gyges], And also ful eke of chirkynges.