"heigh" meaning in Middle English

See heigh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /hɛːx/, /heːx/, /hiːx/ Forms: heigher [comparative], heighest [superlative]
Etymology: From Old English hēah, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|hēah}} Old English hēah, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hauh||high}} Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hauhaz||high}} Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|||comparative|heigher|superlative|heighest|head=}} heigh (comparative heigher, superlative heighest), {{enm-adj||heigher|heighest}} heigh (comparative heigher, superlative heighest)
  1. high Derived forms: a-high, heighte, hyghnesse
    Sense id: en-heigh-enm-adj-bvfJsV7N Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 78 7 9 6 Synonyms: heighe, heiȝ, heiȝe, heiȝh, heih, hei, heie, heij, hegh, heghe, heg, hege, heȝ, heȝe, heȝhe, heh, hehe, hehȝe, egh, eȝe, he, high, highe, hiȝ, hiȝe, hih, hihe, hiegh, hieȝ, hieȝe, iȝe, hi, hie, hij, heygh, heyghe, heyȝ, heyȝe, heyh, hey, heye, hygh, hyghe, hyȝ, hyȝe, hyh, hyhe, hyeȝ, yȝe, hy, hye, heah, heahe, heahȝæ, heaȝe, heaȝæ, hæh, hæhȝe, hæge, hæȝe, hah, hage, haihe, aȝe, haie, haye [Early-Middle-English]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

Head templates: {{head|enm|interjection}} heigh
  1. Alternative form of hey (“hey”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hey (extra: hey)
    Sense id: en-heigh-enm-intj-UP9wtPFK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} heigh, {{enm-noun|-}} heigh (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of hey (“hay”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: hey (extra: hay)
    Sense id: en-heigh-enm-noun-PfMN5~FK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Forms: heigheth [present, singular, third-person], heighende [participle, present], heighynge [participle, present], heighed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person]
Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} heigh, {{enm-verb|stem=heigh}} heigh (third-person singular simple present heigheth, present participle heighende, heighynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heighed)
  1. Alternative form of hien (“to go quickly”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hien (extra: to go quickly)
    Sense id: en-heigh-enm-verb-d3FaaDN~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "heyh"
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      "word": "heyh"
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      "word": "hyh"
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      "word": "hye"
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      "word": "heahȝæ"
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      "word": "hæhȝe"
    },
    {
      "word": "hæge"
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      "word": "hæȝe"
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      "word": "hah"
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    {
      "word": "aȝe"
    },
    {
      "word": "haie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "haye"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heigh"
}

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    "Middle English interjections",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs"
  ],
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      },
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  ],
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "hey",
          "word": "hey"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of hey (“hey”)"
      ],
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        [
          "hey",
          "hey#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "heigh"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English uncountable nouns",
    "Middle English verbs"
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "heigh",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "heigh (uncountable)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "hay",
          "word": "hey"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of hey (“hay”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hey",
          "hey#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "uncountable"
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  ],
  "word": "heigh"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "heigheth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heighende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heighynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heighed",
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        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "args": {
        "stem": "heigh"
      },
      "expansion": "heigh (third-person singular simple present heigheth, present participle heighende, heighynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heighed)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to go quickly",
          "word": "hien"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of hien (“to go quickly”)"
      ],
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        [
          "hien",
          "hien#Middle English"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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