heggen

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Noun

heggen

  1. plural of heg

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hegge (“hedge”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

heggen (third-person singular simple present heggeth, present participle heggende, heggynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hegged)

  1. To hedge; to place hedges or barriers along a boundary.
  2. To make boundaries or fences.
  3. (rare) To shore up a fortification.

Conjugation

Conjugation of heggen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) heggen, hegge
present tense past tense
1st-person singular hegge hegged
2nd-person singular heggest heggedest
3rd-person singular heggeth hegged
subjunctive singular hegge
imperative singular —
plural1 heggen, hegge heggeden, heggede
imperative plural heggeth, hegge —
participles heggynge, heggende hegged, yhegged

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: hedge

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heggen m

  1. definite singular of hegg

Swedish

Noun

heggen

  1. indefinite plural of hegge
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