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HEG

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
HEG, hig, es; n.
Hay, grass; fœnum
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  • Heg [Rush. hoeg] londes

    fœnum agri,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 30.
  • Ðá bebeád se hǽlend ðæt ðæt folc sǽte ofer ðæt gréne hig

    præcipit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super viride fœnum,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 39.
  • Heig [Rush. heg]

    fœnum,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 10.
  • Ðǽr nǽnig mann for wintres cýle on sumera heg ne máweþ

    nemo propter hiemem fœna secet æstate,

    • Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 32.
  • hig on ðín beð

    put hay on your bed,

    • Lchdm. iii. 178, 6.
  • Wé gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig beón gehealdene

    we have often seen both corn and hay kept in the church,

    • L. E. I. 8; Th. ii. 406, 30.
Etymology
[
Laym. hey, heie
:
Chauc. hei, hai
:
Goth. hawi
:
Icel. hey
:
O. H. Ger. hewi, howe, hou fœnum
:
Ger. heu
.]
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v.  hoeg hig.
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