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thig

Rhymes with -ɪɡ

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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”).

verb thigs · thigging · thigged · theg

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

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@misc{thig_2026,
  title = {thig},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thig},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}