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of great weight, ponderous
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  • Mid róde tácne gewǽpnod, ná mid reádum scylde, oððe mid hefegum helme, oþþe heardre byrnan,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 502, 12
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  • Wiht hafað hefigne steort,

    • Rä. 59, 7
    • .
a. fig.
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  • Hiá gebindas byrðenna hefiga (hæfige, R.) in scyldrum monna,

    • Mt. L. 23, 4.
of great specific gravity, dense
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  • ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít, and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere

    ut pendulus ignis surgat in altum terraegue graves pondere sidant,

    • Bt. 39, 13
    • ;
    • F. 234, 12
    • :
    • Met. 29, 53
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  • Wá ðǽm ðe gaderað an hine selfne þæt hefige fenn . . . Ðæt is ðæt mon gadrige ðæt ðicke fenn . . .

    vae ei qui aggravat contra se densum lutum. Contra se densum lutum aggravare est . . . ,

    • Past. 329, 18
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  • Sió eorþe is hefigre and þiccre þonne óþra gesceafta,

    • Bt. 33. 4
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    • F. 130, 19
    • :
    • Met. 20, 133
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  • Hefigere ic eom þonne se hára stán,

    • Rä. 41, 74
    • .
of fighting where many troops are engaged.
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Cf. hefelic; I.
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  • Bútan hefigum gefeohte and blódgyte

    sine ullo proelio ac sanguine,

    • Bd. 1. 3
    • ;
    • Sch. 15, 2
    • .
weighty, important
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  • Ðá ðe hefigo (hæfigra, R.) aron ðæs ǽs

    quae graviora sunt legis,

    • Mt. L. 23, 23
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grave, severe, serious, deep, profound.
in a good sense
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  • Sió in ðǽr hefig giwoeðnise

    sit in ea gravis lenitas,

    • Rtl. 105, 1
    • .
  • Sceomfullnis hefig

    verecundia gravis,

    • 110, 3
    • .
in an unfavourable sense
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  • hefig ꝥ dysig is ðe ðá earman men gedwelaþ,

    • Bt. 32, 3
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    • F. 118, 6
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    • Met. 19, 1
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  • Áhrede mé hefiges níðes feónda mínra

    eripe me de inimicis meis,

    • Ps. Th. 58, 1
    • .
  • Gyf hwá hwylce hefige yfelnysse on his hofe geseó,

    • Lch. i. 248, 11
    • .
  • Sace hefige

    litem gravem

    • (Archiv cxxv. 49, 47)
    • ,
    • Lch. iii. 198, 24
    • (in Dict.).
  • Sint folces firena hefige,

    • Gen. 2410
    • .
  • Ðá ðe áfellað on hefegum scyldum (cf. on micla scylda, 7)

    qui gravibus noxis immerguntur,

    • Past. 437, 3
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  • Wið hefigum synnum,

    • Angl. viii. 320, 1
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  • Hí habbaþ sum yfel hefigre and frécendlicre þonne ǽnig wíte sié,

    • Bt. 38, 3
    • ;
    • F. 200, 27
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  • Þá hefegastan

    gravissimam (valetudinem),

    • An. Ox. 4348
    • .
having the aspect of heaviness, thick mist, fog, cloud, &c.
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  • Tódríf þone þiccan mist þe hangode hefig and þýstre,

    • Met. 20, 266
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slow, dull
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  • Hefig is hearta folces ðisses

    incrassatum est cor populi hujus.

    • Mt. L. 13, 15
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  • Ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor

    desidiosa mens in lapsum casus impellitur,

    • Past. 279, 2
    • .
of persons.
troublesome, oppressive
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  • Wæs hé náwiht hefig his yldrum

    nullius molestiae parentibus fuit

    • Guth. Gr. 107, 22
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  • Nælle ðú mé hefig

    (molestus)

    wosa,

    • Lk. L. R. 11, 7
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  • Hefig is mé ðiós widwe,

    • 18, 5,
  • Huæd hir hefigo (hefge,

    R. molesti)

    gié sint?,

    • Mk. L. 14, 6
    • .
expressing strong disapproval. Cf. colloquial to be down on a person or thing
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  • Tó hwon syndon gé þyses weorces swá hefige?,

    • Bl. H. 69, 15
    • .
hard to bear, onerous, burdensome, oppressive, grievous
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  • Wæs hit on ǽlce wísan hefig týma, for ðám þe hí nǽfre heora yfeles geswicon,

    • Chr. 1001
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    • P. 133, 30
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  • Carfull, hefi

    scrupulosa (ecclesiastici regiminis sollicitudo)

    • An. Ox. 5429
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  • Hwelc wíte sceal ús tó hefig ðyncan

    quae poena gravis est ?,

    • Past. 255, 3
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  • Þeáh hit nú hefig seó . . . þeáh hit biþ gesǽlþ gif hit mon geðyldilíce áræfnþ,

    • Bt. 11, 1
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    • F. 32, 30
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  • hefig sorg men beoþ seó gémen his bearna,

    • 31, 1
    • ;
    • F. 112, 17.
  • Gif ꝥ riht tó hefig sý, séce hé þá líhtinge tó þám cynge,

    • Ll. Th. i. 266, 11.
  • A. 'Mé þincað þá bebodu swíðe hefige.' G. 'Mé ne þincð nánwiht hefig ðes þe man lufad.' A. 'Ne þincð mé nán geswinc hefig, gif ic habbe ꝥ ðæt ic æfter swince,'

    • Solil. H. 25, 26-26, 2
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  • Hefig sár,

    • 40, 9
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  • Hé sceolde cuman tó hefegum martyrdóme

    ad martyrii tormenta ducebatur,

    • Past. 53, 21
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  • Be þǽre hæfegan gémenne bearna,

    • Bt. 31, 1
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    • F. 112, 19
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  • Hefig geoc hé beslépte on ealle,

    • 16, 4
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    • F. 58, 16
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    • Met. 9, 55
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  • Swǽre hæftnéd hefige,

    • Ps. Th. 125, 1
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  • Módsorge hefige,

    • Gú. 1025
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  • Þá myclan byrþenne and þá hefian áberan þǽre myclan langunga,

    • Bl. H. 135, 8
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  • Gebúrgerihta sýn mislice, gehwár hý sýn hefige

    (onerose),

    gehwár medeme

    (leviores aut medie),

    • Ll. Th. i. 434, 4
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  • Hefigra wíta,

    • Gú. 857
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  • Ðeós landlagu stænt on suman lande, gehwár hit is hefigre

    (gravior),

    gehwár leóhtre

    (levior),

    • Ll. Th. i. 434, 30
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  • Helle wíte þæt him hefegore ys,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 23
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  • Máran and hefigran frécennesse wyrðe.

    • Bt. 22 1,
    • ;
    • F. 76, 16.
  • Beóð þý hefigran heortan benne,

    • Wand. 49
    • .
hard to perform, difficult, requiring exertion, laborious, toilsome
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  • Hefig ł uneáðe

    difficile,

    • Lk. L. 18, 24
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    • Mt. L. 19, 23
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  • hefig and hú earfoþe þis is eall tó gereccanne

    quanti oneris sit,

    • Bt. 39, 4
    • ;
    • F. 216, 32
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  • Mec sorg bicwóm, hefig hondgewinn,

    • Jul. 526
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  • Ðynceað him sumu weorc suíðe hefug (hefgu, v. l.)

    quaedam sibi difficilia opponit,

    • Past. 285, 1
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  • Hefegast gewinna, þæt hí mid welerum geworht habbað

    labor labiorum ipsorum,

    • Ps. Th. 139, 9
    • .
causing sorrow
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  • Hé fond his mondryhten ádlwérigne: him þæt in gefeól hefig æt heortan, hygesorge wæg, micle módceare,

    • Gú. 982
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oppressive to the bodily senses, overpowering
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  • Hefies

    ferrei (the passage is: Ferreus lethi somnus,

    • Ald. 80, 19
    • ),
    • An. Ox. 2, 487
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    • 5481
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  • Ðeós wyrt hafað hefigne smæc,

    • Lch, i. 264, 20
    • .
weighed down.
with care, trouble, &c.
feeling trouble
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  • Alle gé ða ðe winnes and hefege gé aron

    omnes qui laboratis et onerati estis.

    • Mt. L. 11. 28
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expressing sorrow
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  • Mé is swǽre stefn, hefig, gnorniende

    a voce gemitus mei,

    • Ps. Th. 101, 4
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  • Hé sealde hine sylfne in hefige cwíðnesse

    sese in gravibus lamentationibus dedit,

    • Gr. D. 120, 7
    • .
with sleep, weariness, &c.
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  • Woeron égo hiora hefigo

    erant oculi illorum ingrauati,

    • Mk. L. R. 14, 40.
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v. þurh-hefig.
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v.  hefe-lic.
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