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hǽþ
/hθ /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Feminine
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
hǽþ
, e; f Drynessfrom /teat, parched condition :-- Mycel hǽte ferfor, swaloð cauma, drúgað oððe hǽð siccitas, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 77. [Cf. O. H. Ger. hei uredo, ge-hei cauma; ar-, far-heién.] See next word, and hǽþung, for-hǽþan.
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hǽþ
, e; f. A heath, waste, desert, uncultivated land :-- Hár hǽþ the hoar heath, Cd.148; Th. 185, 5; Exod. 118. Bera sceal on hǽþe the bear shall [live] on the heath, Menol. Fox 518; Gn. C. 29. [Goth. haiþi : Icel. heiðr a low barren heath or fell : Ger. heide (12th cent : Grff iv. 809).]
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hǽþ
, e; f. Heath, heather :-- Hǽþ marica vel brogus, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 3; Wrt. Gl. 33, 3. Smeóce mid hǽþe smoke with heath, Lchdm. i. 354, 24. v. Gloss. iii. 329, col. 2. [Prompt. Parv. hethe or lynge bruarium : O. H. Ger. heida thymus, mirice : Ger. heide, heidekraut.]
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