thig

See also: þig

English

Alternative forms

• theg (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, 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”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Verb

thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
   • 1800, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica:

     This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged.

2. (ambitransitive, Scotland) To beg, borrow; cadge.
3. (intransitive, Scotland or obsolete) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
4. (intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To take alms.
5. (transitive, Scotland or obsolete) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
6. (ambitransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour).
   • 1912, Duncan Macintyre, George Calder, Gaelic songs of Duncan MacIntyre, page 227:

     "I'll go and the thigged wool demand
     From the good ladies of the land. […] "

Derived terms

• thigger
• thigging
• thigster

Anagrams

• ghit, gith, ight, tigh