heye
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]heye (plural heyes)
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English heġe (from Proto-West Germanic *hagi, from Proto-Germanic *hagiz, a variant of *hagô) and Old French haie, itself ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *haggju (“hedge”) (whence hegge).
Noun
[edit]heye
Alternative forms
[edit]- hey, ey, he, hay, haye, aye, ha, heyȝe, hegh, heghe, heyghe, heh, hehe, heie, hei, ei, hai, haie, aie, heiȝe, heighe
- hæge, heg, hege (Early Middle English)
Descendants
[edit]- English: hay
References
[edit]- “hei(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]heye (third-person singular simple present heyeth, present participle heyende, heyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heyed)
- Alternative form of hien
Etymology 3
[edit]Adjective
[edit]heye (comparative heyer, superlative heyest)
- Alternative form of heigh
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