heah

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English

Adverb

heah (not comparable)

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

Adjective

heah (not comparable)

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

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

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-
    hēahfæder ― patriarch
    hēahenġel ― arch-angel
    hēahcleofa ― main chamber
  7. (in compounds) denotes intensification, completion or perfection
    hēahfæst ― permanent, immutable

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of hēah — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hēah hēah hēah
Accusative hēane, hēanne hēa hēah
Genitive hēas hēare, hēarre hēas
Dative hēam, hēaum hēare, hēarre hēam, hēaum
Instrumental hēa hēare, hēarre hēa
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hēa hēa hēah
Accusative hēa hēa hēah
Genitive hēara, hēarra hēara, hēarra hēara, hēarra
Dative hēam, hēaum hēam, hēaum hēam, hēaum
Instrumental hēam, hēaum hēam, hēaum hēam, hēaum
Declension of hēah — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hēa hēa hēa
Accusative hēan hēan hēa
Genitive hēan hēan hēan
Dative hēan hēan hēan
Instrumental hēan hēan hēan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hēan hēan hēan
Accusative hēan hēan hēan
Genitive hēara, hēarra, hēana hēara, hēarra, hēana hēara, hēarra, hēana
Dative hēam, hēaum hēam, hēaum hēam, hēaum
Instrumental hēam, hēaum hēam, hēaum hēam, hēaum

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References

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