heggen
See also: Heggen
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heggen
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Etymology edit
From hegge (“hedge”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
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heggen (third-person singular simple present heggeth, present participle heggende, heggynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hegged)
- To hedge; to place hedges or barriers along a boundary.
- To make boundaries or fences.
- (rare) To shore up a fortification.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of heggen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: hedge
References edit
- “heǧǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-21.
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heggen m
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heggen