thig

Meanings

Verb

To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
To beg, borrow; cadge.
To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
To take alms.
To beseech; supplicate; implore.
To crave; seek (a favour).

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Scrabble Score: 8

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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