Etymograph : hēah

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ADJ

high, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty

Source: Ringe 2014:172, https://bosworthtoller.com/18311

Attested in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia ("heahgerefa")

originates from: PGmc *hauhaz "high" (hauhaz > hauha > hauh > hēah) through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Ringe 2014:172)

Variations

hēa "high"

Component of compounds

heahgerefa "high-reeve"