hefig

hefig

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) alternative form of hevy

• hæfiġ, hefeġ

From Proto-Germanic *habīgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“take, seize”). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon hevig, Dutch hevig, Old High German hebig, Old Norse hǫfigr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap (“grip”), Proto-Slavic *xopiti (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште (xapjǫšte), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt (“bite”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe.fij/, [ˈhe.vij]

hefiġ (comparative hefiġra, superlative hefiġost or hefiġust or hefiġast)

1. heavy

   Eorþe is hefiġre ōðrum ġesceaftum ― earth is heavier than the other elements.

   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Þonne bēoð þȳ hefiġran · heortan benne,
     sāre æfter swǣsne. · Sorg bið ġenīwad,

     Then heart's wounds are heavier,
     painful after beloved. Sorrow is renewed

2. grievous, serious

   Hit is swīðe hefigu sċyld. ― It is a very serious crime.

3. important

• hefiġian
• hefiġlīċe
• hefiġnes

• habban
• hebban
• hæft

• Middle English: heviȝ, hevy
  • English: heavy
    • Sranan Tongo: hebi
  • Scots: hivie, hevy, havy