hean
English
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editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /hiːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English hene, from Old English hēan (“lowly, despised, poor, mean, bare, abject”), from Proto-Germanic *hauniz (“low, lowly”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to degrade, humiliate”).
Cognate with German höhn (“jeering, demeaning, bad”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (hauns, “contemptible, base, humble”), Dutch hoon (“scorn, insult”), Latvian kauns (“shame, disgrace, dishonour”), Ancient Greek καυνός (kaunós, “bad”).
Adjective
edithean (comparative more hean, superlative most hean)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle English henen, from Old English hīenan (“to fell, prostrate, overcome, weaken, crush, afflict, injure, oppress, abase, humble, insult, accuse, condemn”), from Proto-West Germanic *haunijan, from Proto-Germanic *haunijaną (“to humiliate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to degrade, humiliate”).
Cognate with North Frisian huynjen (“to wound, abuse, hurt”), German höhnen (“to mock, jeer, scoff”) Swedish hån (“heckle, mocking”).
Verb
edithean (third-person singular simple present heans, present participle heaning, simple past and past participle heaned)
Anagrams
editOld English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *hauniz, whence also the Old High German noun hōna.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edithēan
Declension
editSingular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | hēan | hēan | hēan |
Accusative | hēanne | hēane | hēan |
Genitive | hēanes | hēanre | hēanes |
Dative | hēanum | hēanre | hēanum |
Instrumental | hēane | hēanre | hēane |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | hēane | hēana, hēane | hēan |
Accusative | hēane | hēana, hēane | hēan |
Genitive | hēanra | hēanra | hēanra |
Dative | hēanum | hēanum | hēanum |
Instrumental | hēanum | hēanum | hēanum |
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