"heed" meaning in Middle English

See heed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Old English hēafod-, from Proto-West Germanic *haubida- (“main”), derived from the noun *haubid (“head”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|hēafod-}} Old English hēafod-, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*haubida-||main}} Proto-West Germanic *haubida- (“main”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} heed, {{enm-adj}} heed
  1. main; head, chief, principle
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-adj-G21xP3Am
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /hɛ̝ːd/, /ˈhɛvəd/, /ˈhɛ̝ːvəd/, /hɛvd/, /hɛːvd/
Etymology: From Old English hēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:inh|ang:hēafod<id:head>|id=head}}, {{inh|enm|ang|hēafod}} Old English hēafod, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*haubud}} Proto-West Germanic *haubud, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*haubudą|t=head}} Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} heed, {{enm-noun|heedes}} heed (plural heedes) Forms: heedes [plural], hed [alternative], hede [alternative], heede [alternative], hedde [alternative], had [alternative], hade [alternative], head [alternative], heid [alternative], hiede [alternative], hide [alternative], heyd [alternative], hyede [alternative], hyde [alternative], het [alternative], heved [alternative], haved [alternative], hefed [alternative], hewed [alternative], hafed [alternative], haphed [alternative], hived [alternative], hyved [alternative], hefd [alternative], hefde [alternative], hevd [alternative], efd [alternative], hevid [alternative], hevyd [alternative], heid [alternative, Northern], heifd [alternative, Northern], heyd [alternative, Northern], heyfd [alternative, Northern], hevod [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heveð [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heaved [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heaveð [alternative, Early-Middle-English], eaved [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heafod [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heafoð [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heafad [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hæved [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hæfed [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hæfedd [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hæfved [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hafved [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heofod [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hevet [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hefet [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heavet [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hæfet [alternative, Early-Middle-English], havet [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heafd [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heafde [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hæfd [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hæfde [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heifd [alternative, Early-Middle-English], heyfd [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hafd [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hafde [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hifde [alternative, Early-Middle-English], hyfde [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
  1. The head (top portion of an animal):
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-9TT7NKYe
  2. The head (top portion of an animal):
    A headrest; a place for the head.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-nKwnSwjn
  3. The head (top portion of an animal):
    A head-covering; headwear or hair.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-D0BIQ3K5 Categories (other): Hair, Headwear Disambiguation of Hair: 0 0 8 40 0 8 4 5 0 16 0 8 6 0 0 5 0 Disambiguation of Headwear: 3 3 8 39 3 5 4 5 1 12 1 5 5 1 1 4 1
  4. The head (top portion of an animal):
    The head as the origin of thought; intellect or one's brain.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-wnS6sNe1 Categories (other): Anatomy, Mind Disambiguation of Anatomy: 2 2 2 2 10 3 11 11 11 11 3 11 2 7 3 4 3 Disambiguation of Mind: 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  5. The head (top portion of an animal):
    The horns or antlers of a cervid.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-CHHhRDRO
  6. A start or origin:
    The end or top of a waterbody or geographical feature.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-5~qvzeXC Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 2 2 2 2 10 3 11 11 11 11 3 11 2 7 3 4 3
  7. A start or origin:
    The source of a river; the headwater.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-5XyS-TqJ Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 2 2 2 2 10 3 11 11 11 11 3 11 2 7 3 4 3
  8. A start or origin:
    The uppermost or outermost point of something; the top or end.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-inB4b7ri Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 2 2 2 2 10 3 11 11 11 11 3 11 2 7 3 4 3
  9. A start or origin:
    The useful end of a tool.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-IUfyqChl Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy, Landforms, Water Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 2 13 7 1 1 8 6 1 6 4 5 1 13 2 7 7 1 2 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 1 13 8 0 1 8 6 1 7 4 6 0 15 1 7 7 1 1 7 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 9 7 4 7 4 6 2 15 3 12 7 3 3 8 4 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 2 2 2 2 10 3 11 11 11 11 3 11 2 7 3 4 3 Disambiguation of Landforms: 2 2 11 9 2 8 6 13 2 20 2 8 8 2 1 6 1 Disambiguation of Water: 0 0 1 9 0 0 6 21 0 60 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
  10. A rounded bump or boil.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-KjwmkgO8
  11. One's ability to survive.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-1VHyA3C8 Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 2 2 2 2 10 3 11 11 11 11 3 11 2 7 3 4 3
  12. Lack of consideration; impetuousness, rashness.
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-f0mdUMkH
  13. (by extension) An individual; someone or somebody Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-665RGKK5 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 12 0 0
  14. (rare) A military force or troop. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-OYXK78oG Categories (other): Government Disambiguation of Government: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: forheed, heed panne, heedles, hoggeshed, spere-hed
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} heed
  1. alternative form of hed (“heed”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hed (extra: heed)
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-noun-tiisV067
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb form|altform=1}} heed
  1. alternative form of hadde: simple past/past participle of haven (“to have”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hadde (extra: simple past/past participle of haven (“to have”))
    Sense id: en-heed-enm-verb-JZCT0vmW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "And his head and his hairs were white, like white wool or snow, and his eyes were like fire's flame.",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:14, folio 117, verso; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "⁊ þe heed of him ⁊ his heeris weren whiyt as whiyt wolle .· ⁊ as ſnow / ⁊ þe iȝen of him as flawme of fier .·",
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