hegge
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hegge (plural hegges)
- A hedge; a plant grown as a boundary.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4405-4408:
- A col-fox, ful of sly iniquitee,
That in the grove hadde woned yeres three,
By heigh imaginacioun forn-cast,
The same night thurgh-out the hegges brast [...]- A fox, full of sly iniquity,
That in the grove had dwelled three years,
By exalted imagination predestined,
The same night through the hedges broke [...]
- A fox, full of sly iniquity,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4405-4408:
- A bush or shrub; a stout or short woody plant.
- (rare) An enclosure; a fenced-off or bounded area.
- (rare) A fortress; a redoubt.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “heǧǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
hegge
- Alternative form of heggen
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From hekto (“hectogram”).
Noun edit
hegge n
Declension edit
Declension of hegge | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hegge | hegget | heggen | heggena |
Genitive | hegges | heggets | heggens | heggenas |