See hefig on Wiktionary
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"1": "enm",
"2": "adjective",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "hefig",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "hevy"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Early Middle English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "64 5 25 6",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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},
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}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of hevy"
],
"id": "en-hefig-enm-adj-gNNVQRup",
"links": [
[
"hevy",
"hevy#Middle_English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Early Middle English) alternative form of hevy"
],
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"Early-Middle-English",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "hefig"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ahefiġ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hefiġian"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hefiġlīċe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hefiġnes"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"lang_code": "srn",
"word": "hebi"
}
],
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"word": "heavy"
},
{
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"word": "hivie"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "hevy"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
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}
],
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"word": "heviȝ"
},
{
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{
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}
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},
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},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "hevy"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "havy"
}
],
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"word": "hevy"
}
],
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[
"*habīgaz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habīgaz"
],
[
"*kap-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kap-#Proto-Indo-European:_seize"
],
[
"hevig",
"hevig#Old_Saxon"
],
[
"hevig",
"hevig#Dutch"
],
[
"hebig",
"hebig#Old_High_German"
],
[
"hǫfigr",
"hǫfigr#Old_Norse"
],
[
"capere",
"capere#Latin"
],
[
"cacht",
"cacht#Old_Irish"
],
[
"kap",
"kap#Albanian"
],
[
"*xopiti",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xopiti"
],
[
"хапѭште",
"хапѭште#Old_Church_Slavonic"
],
[
"ха́пать",
"хапать#Russian"
],
[
"*kap-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kap-"
],
[
"kàpteleti",
"kapteleti#Lithuanian"
],
[
"kàmpt",
"kampt#Latvian"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*habīgaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *habīgaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kap-<id:seize>",
"4": "",
"5": "take, seize"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“take, seize”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "hevig"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon hevig",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "hevig"
},
"expansion": "Dutch hevig",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "hebig"
},
"expansion": "Old High German hebig",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "hǫfigr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hǫfigr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "capere"
},
"expansion": "Latin capere",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "cacht"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish cacht",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "kap",
"3": "",
"4": "grip"
},
"expansion": "Albanian kap (“grip”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*xopiti"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Slavic *xopiti",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "хапѭште"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic хапѭште (xapjǫšte)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "ха́пать"
},
"expansion": "Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*kap-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *kap-",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "kàpteleti"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "kampt",
"3": "kàmpt",
"4": "bite"
},
"expansion": "Latvian kàmpt (“bite”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *habīgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“take, seize”). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon hevig, Dutch hevig, Old High German hebig, Old Norse hǫfigr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap (“grip”), Proto-Slavic *xopiti (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште (xapjǫšte), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt (“bite”)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hefiġ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġra",
"links": [
[
"hefiġra",
"hefigra"
]
],
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"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġost",
"links": [
[
"hefiġost",
"hefigost"
]
],
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġust",
"links": [
[
"hefiġust",
"hefigust"
]
],
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġast",
"links": [
[
"hefiġast",
"hefigast"
]
],
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"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-adecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġ",
"links": [
[
"hefiġ",
"hefig#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġ",
"links": [
[
"hefiġ",
"hefig#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġ",
"links": [
[
"hefiġ",
"hefig#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġne",
"links": [
[
"hefiġne",
"hefigne#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
"links": [
[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
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"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
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[
"hefiġ",
"hefig#Old_English"
]
],
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"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġes",
"links": [
[
"hefiġes",
"hefiges#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġre",
"links": [
[
"hefiġre",
"hefigre#Old_English"
]
],
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġes",
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[
"hefiġes",
"hefiges#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
"links": [
[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
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"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
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[
"hefiġre",
"hefigre#Old_English"
]
],
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"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
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[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
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"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
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[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġre",
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[
"hefiġre",
"hefigre#Old_English"
]
],
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"feminine",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
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[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
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"instrumental",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
"links": [
[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
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"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġa",
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[
"hefiġa",
"hefiga#Old_English"
]
],
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"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
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[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
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"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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[
"hefiġ",
"hefig#Old_English"
]
],
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"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
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[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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[
"hefiġa",
"hefiga#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
"links": [
[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
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[
"hefiġ",
"hefig#Old_English"
]
],
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]
},
{
"form": "hefiġra",
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[
"hefiġra",
"hefigra#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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[
"hefiġra",
"hefigra#Old_English"
]
],
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġra",
"links": [
[
"hefiġra",
"hefigra#Old_English"
]
],
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"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"links": [
[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
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"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
"links": [
[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
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"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
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"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
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[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
"links": [
[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
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[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
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"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-adecl",
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"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġa",
"links": [
[
"hefiġa",
"hefiga#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
"links": [
[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
"links": [
[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
"links": [
[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
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[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
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"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
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[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
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"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġra",
"links": [
[
"hefiġra",
"hefigra#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġena",
"links": [
[
"hefiġena",
"hefigena#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġra",
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[
"hefiġra",
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]
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"genitive",
"plural"
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},
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]
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"hefiġra",
"hefigra#Old_English"
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"hefiġena",
"hefigena#Old_English"
]
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},
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},
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"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
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"dative",
"neuter",
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]
},
{
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"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
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"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "hefiġum",
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"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
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"feminine",
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]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
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[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
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"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"alternative"
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},
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}
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}
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{
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"word": "habban"
},
{
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},
{
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}
],
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{
"english": "earth is heavier than the other elements.",
"text": "Eorþe is hefiġre ōðrum ġesceaftum",
"translation": "earth is heavier than the other elements.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I am much heavier than the gray stone\nor an un-little clump of lead,\nI am much lighter than this little bug\nthat walks here on the water with dry feet",
"ref": "Exeter Book, riddle 40",
"roman": "þe hēr on flōde gǣð fōtum dryġe.",
"text": "Hefiġere iċ eom micle þonne sē hāra stān\noþþe unlȳtel lēades clympre,\nlēohtre iċ eom micle þonne þēs lȳtla wyrm",
"translation": "I am much heavier than the gray stone\nor an un-little clump of lead,\nI am much lighter than this little bug\nthat walks here on the water with dry feet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
14,
22
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
32,
39
]
],
"english": "Then are the heart's wounds the heavier,\naching after the beloved one. Sorrow is renewed...",
"ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
"text": "Þonne bēoð þȳ hefiġran / heortan benne,\nsāre æfter swǣsne. / Sorg bið ġenīwad...",
"translation": "Then are the heart's wounds the heavier,\naching after the beloved one. Sorrow is renewed...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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]
]
},
{
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{
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13,
19
]
],
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[
13,
20
]
],
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"type": "example"
}
],
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[
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]
}
],
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˈhe.vij]"
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kap-"
],
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],
[
"kàmpt",
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]
],
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}
],
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"hefiġne",
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]
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"masculine",
"singular"
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"hefige#Old_English"
]
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"hefiġes",
"hefiges#Old_English"
]
],
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]
},
{
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"hefiġre",
"hefigre#Old_English"
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"genitive",
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]
},
{
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"hefiġes",
"hefiges#Old_English"
]
],
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]
},
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},
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{
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},
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]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
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},
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},
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},
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"hefigum#Old_English"
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},
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġa",
"links": [
[
"hefiġa",
"hefiga#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
"links": [
[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
"links": [
[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġe",
"links": [
[
"hefiġe",
"hefige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġan",
"links": [
[
"hefiġan",
"hefigan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġra",
"links": [
[
"hefiġra",
"hefigra#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġena",
"links": [
[
"hefiġena",
"hefigena#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġra",
"links": [
[
"hefiġra",
"hefigra#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġena",
"links": [
[
"hefiġena",
"hefigena#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġra",
"links": [
[
"hefiġra",
"hefigra#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġena",
"links": [
[
"hefiġena",
"hefigena#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
"links": [
[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
"links": [
[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
"links": [
[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
"links": [
[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
"links": [
[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hefiġum",
"links": [
[
"hefiġum",
"hefigum#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hæfiġ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hefeġ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hefiġ",
"comp": "hefiġra",
"sup": "hefiġost",
"sup2": "hefiġust",
"sup3": "hefiġast"
},
"expansion": "hefiġ (comparative hefiġra, superlative hefiġost or hefiġust or hefiġast)",
"name": "ang-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hefiġ"
},
"name": "ang-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "habban"
},
{
"word": "hebban"
},
{
"word": "hæft"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "earth is heavier than the other elements.",
"text": "Eorþe is hefiġre ōðrum ġesceaftum",
"translation": "earth is heavier than the other elements.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I am much heavier than the gray stone\nor an un-little clump of lead,\nI am much lighter than this little bug\nthat walks here on the water with dry feet",
"ref": "Exeter Book, riddle 40",
"roman": "þe hēr on flōde gǣð fōtum dryġe.",
"text": "Hefiġere iċ eom micle þonne sē hāra stān\noþþe unlȳtel lēades clympre,\nlēohtre iċ eom micle þonne þēs lȳtla wyrm",
"translation": "I am much heavier than the gray stone\nor an un-little clump of lead,\nI am much lighter than this little bug\nthat walks here on the water with dry feet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
14,
22
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
32,
39
]
],
"english": "Then are the heart's wounds the heavier,\naching after the beloved one. Sorrow is renewed...",
"ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
"text": "Þonne bēoð þȳ hefiġran / heortan benne,\nsāre æfter swǣsne. / Sorg bið ġenīwad...",
"translation": "Then are the heart's wounds the heavier,\naching after the beloved one. Sorrow is renewed...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"heavy"
],
"links": [
[
"heavy",
"heavy"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
13,
19
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
13,
20
]
],
"english": "It is a very serious crime.",
"text": "Hit is swīðe hefigu sċyld.",
"translation": "It is a very serious crime.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"grievous, serious"
],
"links": [
[
"grievous",
"grievous"
],
[
"serious",
"serious"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"important"
],
"links": [
[
"important",
"important"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈxe.fij/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈhe.vij]"
}
],
"word": "hefig"
}
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