† icche(n, v. Obs.
[Of obscure history; in meaning it agrees with the later forms hitch, itch v.2, but evidence of continuity is wanting.]
trans. and intr. To move, stir.
| c 1200 Ormin 8123 He..icchedd himm a litell upp & wollde himm sellfenn mirrþrenn. Ibid. 11833 Uss birrþ..te mare uss godenn, & icchenn uppwarrd aȝȝ summ del Inn alle gode dedess. c 1305 St. Lucy 105 in E.E.P. (1862) 104 Hi ne miȝte hire a fot awinne, Ne make hire icche anne fot, of þe stede. Ibid. 132. 105 Hi gonne to drawe and tuicche, And euere lai þis maide stille, hi nemiȝte hire enes icche. |