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hése

  • noun
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Grammar
hése, hoese, haese, hýse
woodland country, land with bushes and bushwood. [The character of the land to which this name is applied seems marked by the fact that a denbǽre is called hése]
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  • Adiectis quatuor denberis . . . heáhden, hése, helmanhyrst,

    • C. D. i. 317, 20
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  • Adiectis denberis in commune saltu . . . Meredaen . . . and Teppan hýse,

    • 194, 36
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  • De patrimonio meo. . . . nomine Hyse,

    • 298, 36
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  • In loco qui dicitur on Linga hoese,

    • 192, 13
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  • Terra . . . pertinens tó haese,

    • 294, 25
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  • Cf. Ðonon on hésleá,

    • C. D. V. 121, 34
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  • On hésleábróc,

    • iii. 97, 29: vi. 102, 31.
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. (Gall.) hési-penning a forest-tax.
See Jelliughaus, s. v. hees.
Low Lat. heisia silva sepibus septa, Migne.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hése.” 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/52439.

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