feague
English
/fiːɡ/
verb
Definitions
- To increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an irritant, such as a piece of peeled raw ginger or a live eel, in its anus.
- (obsolete) To beat or whip; to drive.
- (obsolete) To subject to some harmful scheme; to ‘do in’.
- (obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish vegen (sweep, strikeVerb, sweepVerb, strike, wipe) derived from Middle Dutch vēghen (cleanse) derived from Old Dutch *fegōn (cleanse) derived from Proto-Germanic *faginōną (make beautiful, decorate) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pōḱ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schornsteinfeger German
- ausfegen German
- fegen German
- hinwegfegen German
- wegfegen German
- afvegen Dutch, Flemish
- mouwvegen Dutch, Flemish
- schoonvegen Dutch, Flemish
- vegen Dutch, Flemish
- veger Dutch, Flemish
- *pōḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *faginōną Proto-Germanic
- feje Danish
- fægiskófla Icelandic
- fægja Icelandic
- vēgen Middle Dutch
- vēghen Middle Dutch
- 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- *fegōn Old Dutch
- feye Old Danish