HEG

Old English Dictionary Entry

HEG

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: hig, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 HEG

n. Hay, grass; fœnum :-- Heg [Rush. hoeg] londes fœnum agri, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 30. Ðá bebeád se hǽlend ðæt ðæt folc sǽte ofer ðæt gréne hig præcipit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super viride fœnum, Mk. Skt. 6, 39. Heig [Rush. heg] fœnum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 10. Ðǽr nǽnig mann for wintres cýle on sumera heg ne máweþ nemo propter hiemem fœna secet æstate, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 32. Dó hig on ðín beð put hay on your bed, Lchdm. iii. 178, 6. Wé gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig beón gehealdene we have often seen both corn and hay kept in the church, L. E. I. 8; Th. ii. 406, 30. [Laym. hey, heie: Chauc. hei, hai: Goth. hawi: Icel. hey: O. H. Ger. hewi, howe, hou fœnum: Ger. heu.] heg,heg-

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