higera

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *higurō (“a type of bird, jay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxi.ɡe.rɑ/, [ˈhi.ɣe.rɑ]

Noun

higera m

1. jay
2. magpie
3. jackdaw
4. woodpecker

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	higera	higeran
accusative	higeran	higeran
genitive	higeran	higerena
dative	higeran	higerum

Related terms

• higere

Descendants

• Middle English: heghwalle, hygh-whele, eywal (partially, contributing the first component)
  • English: (dialectal) haihow, heighaw, high hoe, haho (“woodpecker”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “higera”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.