ælfsogoða

ælfsogoða: m (-n/-n) hiccough (thought to have been caused by elves); jaundice?; a disease ascribed to elvish influence, chiefly by the influence of the castalides, dúnelfen, which were considered to possess those who were suffering under the disease, a case identical with being possessed by the devil, as will appear from the forms of prayers appointed for the cure of the disease.

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elf — race of powerful supernatural beings in Germanic folklore, O.E. elf (Mercian, Kentish), ælf (Northumbrian), ylfe (pl., W.Saxon), from P.Gmc. *albiz (Cf. O.S. alf, O.N. alfr, Ger. alp evil spirit, goblin, incubus ), origin unknown, possibly from… … Etymology dictionary
hiccup — {{11}}hiccup (n.) 1570s, hickop, earlier hicket, hyckock, a word meant to imitate the sound produced by the convulsion of the diaphragm [Abram Smythe Farmer, Folk Etymology, London, 1882]. Cf. Fr. hoquet, Dan. hikke, etc. Modern spelling first… … Etymology dictionary

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