A-hefigian

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-hefigian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -hefgian; Related words: 26, 43. v. hefigian. a-hefigian

Definitions

1 a-hefigian

p. ode; pp. od, ad To make heavy or sad, to weigh down, burden; gravare, contristare, deprimere :-- Swá biþ ðam móde, ðonne hit biþ ahefigad mid ðǽm ymbhogum ðisse worulde so is it with the mind, when it is weighed down by the anxieties of this world, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 32. Ahefgade gravati, Mt. Lind. St

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚻᛖᚠᛁᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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