▪ I. ug, n. Obs. exc. dial.
[a. ON. ugg-r: cf. next. In mod. dial. use perh. from the vb.]
Fear, dread.
| a 1240 Lofsong in O.E. Hom. I. 209 For-ȝif me mine sunnen;..louerd, ich i-seo ham wið muchel ugge of þin eie. |
▪ II. ug, v. Obs. exc. dial.
(ʌg)
Forms: 3 subj. uggi, 4–6 ugge (vgge, 5 vggyn, -one), 5–6, 9 ugg (Sc. 5 owgg, 6 vgg, wgg), 5–6, 8–9 ug (5–6 vg, 6 Sc. wg); 5 ughe, uge.
[a. ON. ugga to fear, dread, apprehend: cf. prec. and hugge v.]
1. trans. To inspire or affect with dread, loathing, or disgust.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 92 Ȝe schulen biholden sumetime touward te pine of helle, þet ou agrupie aȝean ham [Titus MS. þet ow uggi wið ham]. 1434 Misyn Mending Life 122 If my handis schyne as clennes,..ȝit sall þou toche me with fylth,..& my clothes sall vg me. c 1440 Alph. Tales 157 He spewid oute a grete froske... And when Nero lukid þervppon, hym vggid þerwith. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 7069 What he suld do he na wyste With þe sacrement..; him vgged to vse it and to ete. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 124 My flesche it vggis quhen y{supt} I tuitche his hyde. 1894 Heslop Northumbld. Gloss. 754 He was ugged wi' eatin the stuff. |
2. intr. To feel dread or apprehension, disgust or loathing. Usu. const. at, of, or with.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxxiv. 7 Wha is þat vggis not with a way þat is bath myrke & skliþer. c 1340 ― Pr. Consc. 6419 For þa paynes er swa fel and hard,..Þat ilk man may ugge, batheyhunge and alde, Þat heres þam be reherced and talde. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 117 Ne ugge þou not wiþ seknesse of þyn evyn Cristyn. c 1400 Sc. Trojan War ii. 1097 Nought at the deth sche wggis there. 14.. Tundale's Vis. 317 Of hit was Tundale fulle yrke. When he hit sawe, he ugged sore. 1434 Misyn Mending of Life 122 My flesch makis me vg of my-self. c 1440 Alph. Tales 209 He vgged so with þe fend þat he cryed hugelie, & said he wold nott go with hym. c 1590 J. Stewart Poems (S.T.S.) II. 228 Glottonnie he vas so filthie fy, I vggit vith the discheis quhilk he buir. 1865 Janet Hamilton Poems (1885) 100 It's no the wife that curls her nose At cogs o' sowens or cadger's brose, An' uggs at lang-kail. |
† b. Const. to with inf. Obs.
| a 1395 Hylton Scala Perf. ii. xv (W. de W. 1494), It is made..soo dredfull to her thynkynge that they uggen & lothen for to thinke vpon it. 1435 Misyn Fire of Love 43 Þa vg..to be borne to þer lust. c 1440 Alph. Tales 478 Becauce þou vggid to sla so mych innocent blude. c 1560 A. Scott Poems xxxiv. 119, I vg, for villanie, Ȝour vycis to reherss. 1562 Winȝet Vincent. Lirin. xi. Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 31 Quhat materis I pray ȝow? I wg to tell. |
c. Sc. (See quot.)
| 1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl., Ugg, to vomit. |
3. trans. To abhor, loathe, detest.
| a 1340 Hampole Ps. xli. 13 He þis felid of þe swetnes of heuen, and vggid þe perils of þe warld. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 109 Wylful begging of stalworþ men..of Salomon..is vggid, and many fold reprouid of holy doctoris. 1435 Misyn Fire of Love 64 A trew sawle..lufys meyknes; vaynglory it vggis, for myrth euer-lastyng onely desyrand. a 1568 ‘My Mistres’ 26 in Bannatyne Poems (1881) vii. 1081, I hate and vgg hir greedie dispositioune. 1721 Ramsay To Earl Dalhousie 47 What his kind frighted mother ugs, Is music to the soger's lugs. 1793 T. Scott Poems 367 Thus ane aye seekin' what another ugs. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss., Ug, to feel abhorrence at. |
Hence † ugged ppl. a., horrid, loathsome. Obs.—0 ˈugging ppl. a., causing loathing or disgust. Sc.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 49/20 Vgged, fædus. 1839 P. Buchan in Whistle-binkie 118 I'm neither sae auld, auld, Nor am I sae gruesome or uggin. |