hefig

hefig

1. (chiefly early) Alternative form of heuy

• “hevi (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.

• hæfiġ, hefeġ

From Proto-Germanic *habīgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“take, seize”). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon hevig, Dutch hevig, Old High German hebig, Old Norse hǫfigr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap (“grip”), Slavic *xopiti (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште (xapjǫšte), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)), Baltic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt (“bite”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhevij/

hefiġ

1. heavy

   Eorþe is hefige oðrum gesceaftum: earth is heavier than the other elements.

2. oppressive, serious

   Hit swiðe hefegu scyld is: it is a very grievous crime.

3. important

   Wé mágon geþencean ðæt ðæt hefigre is ðæt man mid synnum him sylfum geearnige edwít: we may consider, what is more important, that with sins a man may get disgrace for himself

• hefiġlīċe
• hefiġnes

• habban
• hebban
• hæft

• Middle English: heviȝ, hevy
  • English: heavy
  • Scots: hivie, hevy, havy