heye

English edit

Noun edit

heye (plural heyes)

Obsolete form of hie.

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English heġe (from Proto-West Germanic *hagi, from Proto-Germanic *hagiz, a variant of *hagô) and Old French haie, itself ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *haggju (“hedge”) (whence hegge).

Noun edit

heye

hedge, fence
enclosed plot of land, yard

Alternative forms edit

hey, ey, he, hay, haye, aye, ha, heyȝe, hegh, heghe, heyghe, heh, hehe, heie, hei, ei, hai, haie, aie, heiȝe, heighe
hæge, heg, hege (Early Middle English)

Descendants edit

English: hay

References edit

“hei(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

heye (third-person singular simple present heyeth, present participle heyende, heyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heyed)

Alternative form of hien

Etymology 3 edit

Adjective edit

heye (comparative heyer, superlative heyest)

Alternative form of heigh