gyge

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French giguer (“to play the fiddle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi(ː)ɡə/

Verb

gyge

1. (Late Middle English, hapax) To make a creaking sound.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gyge (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) gygen, gyge
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	gyge	gyged
2nd-person singular	gygest	gygedest
3rd-person singular	gygeth	gyged
subjunctive singular	gyge
imperative singular		—
plural1	gygen, gyge	gygeden, gygede
imperative plural	gygeth, gyge	—
participles	gygynge, gygende	gyged, ygyged

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: jig
• Yola: jigges (plural)

References

• “ǧī̆gen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.