heah

English

heah (not comparable)

(US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English.
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 46:
  ‘Yeah, uh store right heah in town wid everything in it you needs.’

heah (not comparable)

hēah (comparative hīerra, superlative hīehst)

high, tall
- Caedmon's metrical paraphrase
  ...seoððan þū þonne hafast handum āmetene hū hēh and dēop hell inneweard sēo, grim græfhūs, gong ricene tō...
  ...then, after thou hast with thy hands measured how high and deep hell is within, the grim grave-house, go forthwith to...
exalted, important
proud
deep
right (as opposed to left)
(in compounds) main, principal, arch-
hēahfæder ― patriarch

hēahenġel ― arch-angel

hēahcleofa ― main chamber
(in compounds) denotes intensification, completion or perfection
hēahfæst ― permanent, immutable

Declension of hēah — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēah	hēah	hēah
Accusative	hēane, hēanne	hēa	hēah
Genitive	hēas	hēare, hēarre	hēas
Dative	hēam, hēaum	hēare, hēarre	hēam, hēaum
Instrumental	hēa	hēare, hēarre	hēa
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēa	hēa	hēah
Accusative	hēa	hēa	hēah
Genitive	hēara, hēarra	hēara, hēarra	hēara, hēarra
Dative	hēam, hēaum	hēam, hēaum	hēam, hēaum
Instrumental	hēam, hēaum	hēam, hēaum	hēam, hēaum

Declension of hēah — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēa	hēa	hēa
Accusative	hēan	hēan	hēa
Genitive	hēan	hēan	hēan
Dative	hēan	hēan	hēan
Instrumental	hēan	hēan	hēan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēan	hēan	hēan
Accusative	hēan	hēan	hēan
Genitive	hēara, hēarra, hēana	hēara, hēarra, hēana	hēara, hēarra, hēana
Dative	hēam, hēaum	hēam, hēaum	hēam, hēaum
Instrumental	hēam, hēaum	hēam, hēaum	hēam, hēaum