yexen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === yoxen, ȝexin, ȝesken, ȝixin, ȝiske, ȝoxen, ȝosken, yiske === Etymology === From Old English ġeocsian, ġiscian (“to hiccup”), from Proto-West Germanic *giskōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjɛksən/ === Verb === yexen to hiccup, belch. to yawn, gulp, or swallow convulsively; gasp. to sob ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: yex Scots: ȝesk, ȝisk, yesk Yola: yux ==== References ==== “yexen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.