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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"stem": "hey"
},
"expansion": "hey (third-person singular simple present heyeth, present participle heyende, heyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heyed)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to lift up",
"word": "heien"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)"
],
"links": [
[
"heien",
"heien#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "hey"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English adjectives",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"enm:Agriculture",
"enm:Grasses"
],
"etymology_number": 8,
"forms": [
{
"form": "heyer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "heyest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "comparative",
"6": "heyer",
"7": "superlative",
"8": "heyest",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "hey (comparative heyer, superlative heyest)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "heyer",
"3": "heyest"
},
"expansion": "hey (comparative heyer, superlative heyest)",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "high",
"word": "heigh"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of heigh (“high”)"
],
"links": [
[
"heigh",
"heigh#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "hey"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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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