hefig
Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hefig
- (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of hevy
Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *habīgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“take, seize”). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon hevig, Dutch hevig, Old High German hebig, Old Norse hǫfigr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap (“grip”), Proto-Slavic *xopiti (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште (xapjǫšte), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt (“bite”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hefiġ (comparative hefiġra, superlative hefiġost or hefiġust or hefiġast)
- heavy
- Eorþe is hefiġre ōðrum ġesceaftum ― earth is heavier than the other elements.
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Þonne bēoð þȳ hefiġran · heortan benne,
sāre æfter swǣsne. · Sorg bið ġenīwad,- Then heart's wounds are heavier,
painful after beloved. Sorrow is renewed
- Then heart's wounds are heavier,
- grievous, serious
- Hit is swīðe hefigu sċyld. ― It is a very serious crime.
- important
Declension
[edit]Declension of hefiġ — Strong
Declension of hefiġ — Weak
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