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haysugge
haysugge Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 1 heᵹesugge, 3 heisugge, 4–5 heysoge, -soke, -sug(ge, 5 eysoge, haysugge, 9 dial. haysuck, -zick. [OE. hęᵹesugge, f. hęᵹe hay n.2 + fem. form of sugga, sucga sucker, f. s{uacu}gan to suck.] The hedge-sparrow.c 1000 ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 131/34 Cicada, uicetula, h...
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sugge
▪ I. † sugge Obs. [Shortening of haysugge.] The hedge-sparrow.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 483/2 Sugge, bryd, curuca, linosa [read linofa]. a 1500 Medulla Gram., Curuca, a sugge, a dumok [read dunok]. 1530 Palsgr. 278/1 Sugge a byrde. [1847 Halliwell, Segge,..the hedge-sparrow. Devon.]▪ II. sugge obs. form o...
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Izaac
Isaac, Izaac dial. perversions (after the proper name Isaac) of haysuck, haysugge, hedge-sparrow.1834 Medwin Angler in Wales I. 219 Then arose..the screams of the young Izaacs for help. 1885 Swainson Prov. Names Birds 29 Hedge sparrow..Isaac, or Hazock (Worcestershire).
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