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hefigian

  • verb [ weak ]
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intrans.
To become heavy.
to increase in weight
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  • Se wǽta ásígð tó ðǽm lime, ðonne áswilð hit and hefegað,

    • Past. 72, 10
    • .
of disease,
to grow worse
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  • Hefiendre (hefigende, v. l.) þǽre ádle

    ingravescente molestia,

    • Gr. D. 297, 14
    • .
trans.
To mate heavy or dull, to weary:
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  • Þý lǽs ic lengc þone þane hefige þára leornendra mid gesegenum þára fremdra tǽlnysse

    ne sensus legentium prolixae sententiae molesta defensio obnubilet,

    • Guth. Gr. 102, 31
    • .
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-hebigón.
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v. a-hefigian, ge-hefigian.
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