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heah

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English

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Adverb

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heah (not comparable)

  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Adjective

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heah (not comparable)

  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English.

See also

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Cognate with Old Frisian hāh, Old Saxon hōh, Old High German hōh, Old Dutch hōh, Old Norse hár, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑːx/, [hæ͜ɑːx]

Adjective

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hēah (comparative hīerra, superlative hīehst)

  1. high, tall
    • Caedmon's metrical paraphrase
      ...seoððan þū þonne hafast handum āmetene hū hēh and dēop hell inneweard sēo, grim græfhūs, gong ricene tō...
      ...then, after thou hast with thy hands measured how high and deep hell is within, the grim grave-house, go forthwith to...
  2. exalted, important
  3. proud
  4. deep
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
      ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær
      ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf
      dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor
      in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.
      proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
      carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone
      over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;
      a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.
  5. right (as opposed to left)
  6. (in compounds) main, principal, arch-
    hēahfæderpatriarch
    hēahenġelarch-angel
    hēahcleofamain chamber
  7. (in compounds) denotes intensification, completion or perfection
    hēahfæstpermanent, immutable

Usage notes

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Names formed with the element hēah, such as Reġenhēah, are always masculine.[1]

Declension

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: heigh
    • English: high
    • Scots: heich
    • Yola: heigh, heighe, heegh, hia, hie
  • Scots: he-, hey-

References

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  1. ^ Elizabeth Okasha (2011) Women's Names in Old English, London, England: Routledge, page 1