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HEGE

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
HEGE, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §386;
A HEDGE, fence
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  • Hege

    sepes,

    • Wrt. Voc. 84, 56
      • :
    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 24.

  • Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and ðǽræfter mid wealle

    Bamborough was first enclosed with a hedge and afterwards with a wall,

    • Chr. 547; Erl. 17, 9.

  • Gá geond ðás wegas and hegas

    exi in vias et sepes,

    • Lk. Skt. 14, 23.

  • Ðú tówurpe ealle hegas his

    destruxisti omnes sepes ejus,

    • Ps. Spl. 88, 39.

  • Gif hryðera hwelc síe ðe hegas brece

    if there be any beast that breaks hedges,

    • L. In. 42; Th. i. 128, 12.

  • Mid heora hegum ðe hí ymbsette wǽron

    cum septis quibus erant circumdata,

    • Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 39
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 448, 22.

  • From hegum

    a silvis,

    • Rtl. 118, 35.
Etymology
[
Hay, hey in provincial words, e.g. heybote, hayboot = hedgeboot the right of getting wood for mending fences, Engl. Dial. Soc. vols. iii. vi.
Haies, hays ridges of lands as district boundaries, vol. iv: Prompt. Parv. hedge, hegge
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Similar entries
v. hæg- and haga.
Linked entries
v.  fearn-hege.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “HEGE.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18599.

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