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English
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English heigh, hey, hay, hei, heh, probably of imitative origin. Compare hey, eh.
Pronunciation
Interjection
heigh
- An exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Heigh, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts.
Derived terms
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hēah, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛːx/, /heːx/, (later) /hiːx/
Adjective
heigh (comparative heigher, superlative heighest)
- high
Alternative forms
- heighe, heiȝ, heiȝe, heiȝh, heih, hei, heie, heij, hegh, heghe, heg, hege, heȝ, heȝe, heȝhe, heh, hehe, hehȝe, egh, eȝe, he, high, highe, hiȝ, hiȝe, hih, hihe, hiegh, hieȝ, hieȝe, iȝe, hi, hie, hij, heygh, heyghe, heyȝ, heyȝe, heyh, hey, heye, hygh, hyghe, hyȝ, hyȝe, hyh, hyhe, hyeȝ, yȝe, hy, hye
- heah, heahe, heahȝæ, heaȝe, heaȝæ, hæh, hæhȝe, hæge, hæȝe, hah, hage, haihe, aȝe, haie, haye (Early Middle English)
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Etymology 2
Interjection
heigh
- Alternative form of hey (“hey”)
Etymology 3
Noun
heigh (uncountable)
- Alternative form of hey (“hay”)
Etymology 4
Verb
heigh (third-person singular simple present heigheth, present participle heighende, heighynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heighed)
- Alternative form of hien (“to go quickly”)
Yola
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Etymology
From Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh.
Pronunciation
Adjective
heigh
- high
1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:Heigh thoornes.- High thorns.
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References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 45