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HEFIG

  • adjective
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Grammar
HEFIG, hefeg; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§218; §293; §324;
HEAVY, weighty, oppressive, grievous, difficult, serious, grieved, important; gravis, molestus
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  • Wæs torn were hefig æt heortan

    in the man's heart was grievous anger,

    • Cd. 47; Th. 60, 11
    • ;
    • Gen. 980.
  • Suíðe hefig is

    quam difficile est,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 24.
  • Hit swíðe hefegu scyld is

    it is a very grievous crime,

    • L. E. I. 27; Th. ii. 422, 36.
  • Bútan hefegum gefeohte

    without heavy fighting;

    sine ullo prælio,

    • Bd. 1, 3; S. 473, 11.
  • Áhófon hine of ðam hefian wíte

    they lifted him off that heavy punishment,

    • Rood Kmbl. 121; Kr. 61.
  • Heó is hefegon swæce

    it is of unpleasant smell,

    • Herb. 151, 1; Lchdm. i. 276, 9
    • :
    • 143, 1; Lchdm, i. 264, 20.
  • Wermód drincan sace hefige hit getácnaþ

    to drink wormwood betokens a serious dispute,

    • Lchdm, iii. 198, 24
    • :
    • Herb. 132, 7; Lchdm. i. 248, 11.
  • Tó hwon syndon gé ðyses weorces swá hefige

    why are you so grieved at this work,

    • Blickl. Homl. 69, 15.
  • Wurdon mé on yrre yfele and hefige

    in ira molesti erant mihi,

    • Ps. Th. 54, 3.
  • Hig bindaþ hefige byrðyna

    alligant onera gravia,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 23, 4.
  • Eorþe is hefige óðrum gesceaftum

    earth is heavier than the other elements,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 265
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 133.
  • Wé mágon geþencean ðæt ðæt hefigre is ðæt man mid synnum him sylfum geearnige edwít

    we may consider, what is more important, that with sins a man may get disgrace for himself,

    • Blickl. Homl. 101, 24.
  • Ða þing ðe synt hefegran ðære ǽ

    quæ graviora sunt legis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 23, 23.
  • Hí eów hefigran wísan budon tó healdanne ðonne wé him budon

    they commanded you to keep a harder rule than we commanded them,

    • L. Ælf 49; Th. i. 56, 15.
  • Wíð fótádle ðeáh ðe heóhefegust

    for gout, though it be very bad,

    • Herb. 132; 4; Lchdm. i. 246, 22.
  • Mid ðon gewunon ðære heofogoston gewemmednesse synna

    with the habit of the most grievous impurity of sins,

    • Blickl. Homl. 75, 6.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. heƀig
:
O. H. Ger. hebic, heuig gravis, arduus, molestus.
]
Linked entries
v.  hefig-mód.
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  • HEFIG, adj.