thig

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms. Scotland,transitive
    — This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged.
  2. To beg, borrow; cadge. Scotland,ambitransitive
  3. To profit by or live on the gifts of others. Scotland,intransitive,obsolete
  4. To take alms. Scotland,intransitive,obsolete
  5. To beseech; supplicate; implore. Scotland,obsolete,transitive
  6. To crave; seek (a favour). Scotland,ambitransitive
    — "I'll go and the thigged wool demand From the good ladies of the land. […]"

词形变化

thigs present,singular,third-person thigging participle,present thigged participle,past thigged past theg alternative,Scotland

词汇关系

衍生词
thigger thigging thigster

词源

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”).
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