Middle English Dictionary Entry
sugge n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sugge n. Also (in names) sugga-, sug(en)-, sukke-, sucke-, sucche-, soukke-, soge(n)-, sok(k)e-, seche-. |
| Etymology | OE sucga, sugga, suca, (gen. in place names) succan- & LOE (in place names) suc-, suche-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small bird, prob. the hedge sparrow or dunnock Prunella modularis; hei ~, q.v.; (b) ?in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.166-7].
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)19a/a : Curruca: a sugge [Cnt adds: a dumok, et dicitur linosa].
- ?a1440 Hortus (Brist-U)275 : Curruca, i. auis que alienos pullos nutrit: a sugge.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)483 : Sugge, bryd: Curuca, linosa.
b
- [ (1086) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)81 : Suchelei. ]
- [ (1086) in Bannister PNHerf.180 : Sucwessen. ]
- (1156) in Ekwall Dict.EPN431 : Succhelege.
- (1168) in Ekwall Dict.EPN431 : Suggebroch.
- (1185) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames338 : Richard Sugge.
- (1194) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)81 : Secheli.
- (1222) in Ekwall Dict.EPN431 : Sugenhulle.
- (1242) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)81 : Suckele; Sukkeleya.
- (1242) in Ekwall Dict.EPN431 : Sogenhul.
- (1276) in Bannister PNHerf.180 : Sugwas.
- (1288) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)81 : Sokeley.
- (1327) Nickname in SAU 63183 : Joh. Soke.
- (1346) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)119 : Suggaworthy.
- (1349) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)81 : Soukkeleye.
- (1351) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)81 : Sokkeleye.
- (1358) EPNSoc.11 (Sur.)331 : Sogehamme.