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hécen

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hécen, es; n.
A kid:
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  • Nime ǽghwylc híwrǽden of ǽlcum húse án lamb . . . æfter þám ylcan gewunan nymað ꝥ hécyn,

    • Angl. viii. 322, 10
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  • Assan oððe hécenu (printed netenu, Lch. iii. 198, 9) gesihð gylt ceápes hit getácnað

    asinos uel edos widerit, crimen negotii significant,

    • Archiv cxxv. 48, 13.
in place-names:
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  • On hécenes hangran,

    • C. D. iv. 49, 11.
Etymology
[&'Mndl. hoekijn Böckchen von Schafen und Ziegen: mnd. hoken.&' See Jord. p. 140.]
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  • hécen, n.