"thig" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: thigs [present, singular, third-person], thigging [participle, present], thigged [participle, past], thigged [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tek-|id=receive}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|thiggen}} Middle English thiggen, {{inh|en|ang|þiċġan||to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of}} Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þigjaną||to accept, receive, beg}} Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*tek-|t=to receive}} Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”), {{cog|gmh|digen||to beg, implore, beseech}} Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), {{cog|de|digen||to beg, beseech, take, get}} German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), {{cog|sv|tigga||to beg, mooch}} Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), {{cog|is|þiggja||to get, receive, accept}} Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To beseech; supplicate; implore. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-thig-en-verb-VQs7dBx9
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To solicit, usually by begging; ask as alms; beg. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-thig-en-verb-YkFbK0jq
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To make supplication. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-thig-en-verb-H1lyzb4Y
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To profit by or live on the gifts of others. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-thig-en-verb-sIh0OZWF
  5. (obsolete, intransitive) To take alms. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-thig-en-verb-iVPrseHL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 25 3 8 39 18
  6. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour). Tags: Scotland, intransitive, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-thig-en-verb-6EP8WhTG Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: thigger, thigster

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for thig meaning in English (4.5kB)

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