Hefigian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hefigian

p. ode. I. to make heavy, oppress, grieve, afflict, vex :-- Forðon sió byrden ðære sconde hine diógollíce hefegaþ quia gravit hunt in abditis pondus turpe, Past. 11, 7; Swt. 73, 55. Ðone mete ðe hine hefegaþ on his breóstum cibum, qui pectus deprimebat, 54, 1; Swt. 419, 29. Ða ðe mé hefigiaþ those who vex me, Ps. Th. 37, 12. Wæs heó eft hefigod mid ðám ǽrran sárum erat prioribus aggravata doloribus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 5. Wolde mé hefigad beón mid sáre mínes sweoran me dolore colli voluit gravari, 589, 28. II. to become heavy, to be aggravated or increased, to be burdened or oppressed :-- Hú sió byrðen wiexþ and hefegaþ molem crescentis tentationis, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 163, 12. Seó untrumnys dæghwamlíce weóx and hefegode languor per dies ingravescebat, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 38. Monigum monnum ðe heora eágan sárgedon and hefegodan nonnulis oculos dolentibus, 4, 19; S. 589, 35: Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 20; Gú. 929: 47 b; Th. 163, 32; Gú. 1002. [Laym. heueȝ;e to grow heavy, slumber: A. R. heuegeþ oppresses: Chauc. hevieþ: Prompt. Parv. hevyyng mestificio, gravo, aggravo, pondero.] hefigian