heisugge

heisugge
, sb. == hedge-sparrow. O. and N. 505. AS. hege-sugge. Bosworth on the authority of More gives ‘Sugga,’ a bird which feeds on figs. Lye explains ‘hege-sugge’ as ‘cicada,’ ‘vicetula’

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