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hēah

ADJ

high, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty

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

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' in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia

Paradigms