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West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hāch, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoog, Dutch hoog.
Adjective
heech
- high
- tall
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “heech (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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Etymology
From Middle English hechen (“to raise, lift up, build, erect; to go up, rise”).
Pronunciation
Verb
heech (simple past heighed, past participle ee-height)
- To put water into a pump to make the sucker work.
Related terms
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 128