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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. súgan to suck.] The hedge-sparrow.
c1000ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 131/34 Cicada, uicetula, heᵹesugge. a1250Owl & Night. 505 Thu singst worse thon the hei-sugge, þat fliȝth bi grunde among the stubbe. c1381Chaucer Parl. Foules 612 Thow mortherere of the heysoge [v. rr. heysoke, heysug(g(e, haysugge]. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 577/16 Cu[r]ruca, an heysugge. c1450Bk. Hawkyng in Rel. Ant. I. 296 Eysoges..and other smale briddes. 1616Bullokar Eng. Expos., Heisugge, a bird which hatcheth the Cuckooes egges. 1890Gloucestersh. Gloss., Haysuck or Hayzick, the hedge sparrow. Generally pronounced ‘Isaac’. |