Middle English Dictionary Entry
yexe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | yexe n. Also yox(e, youske, ȝox(e, ȝoske. |
| Etymology | OE gesca, geocsa, geoxa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The condition of having the hiccups; the ~.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)909/7 : Anetum…haþ vertu…to abate þe ȝox þat comeþ of fulnesse.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)3b : Þe smoke þere of dryvith a-way evill spiritis and comfortiþ chilryn and hit helpiþ for þe youske.
- a1450 Agnus Castus (Roy 18.A.6)121/13 : Þe ȝoske [vr. þe ȝoxe; Stockh: Anetum…distroyeth ȝokynge].
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)87 : For þe yox…þis herbe drunke with wyn wole put a-wey þe yox.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)308/1013 : Yoxe: hold both thyn handys in hote water or ale and it wyll away.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. yex.