A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Heðing], sb. scoffing, scorn, S2, HD, CM; hethyngis, pl., H.—Icel. hæðing.

Hette; see [Haten].

[ Hetyng], sb. promising, H. See [Heten].

[ Heued], sb. head, S, S2, PP; heaued, S; heauet, S; hafed, S; hæfedd, S; hæued, S; hefed, S; heeued, S2; heuet, S; heed, C2, C3, G, W; heuede, dat., S2; hæfden, pl., S; heuedes, C2; heuiddes, S2; hedes, C3; heedes, C2, G; heedis, W.—AS. héafod.

[ Heued-cloð], sb. head-cloth, S.

[ Heued-sunne], sb. a capital sin, deadly sin, S; hefed-sunne, S; heaued-sunne, S.

[ Heuegeð], pr. s. bears heavy on, S.—AS. hefigian.

[ Heuen], v. to heave, raise, S, S2, C; houe, pt. s., S, MD; houen, pp., S2, MD.—AS. hebban, pt. hóf, pp. hafen.

[ Heuene], sb. heaven, PP; heouene, S; heuen, C2; heoffness, gen., S; hewynnis, S3; heofene, dat., S; heouene, S; heoffne, S; hefene, S; heuene, S, C2; hefenen, pl., S.—AS. heofon.

[ Heuenen], v. to raise, MD, S2. See [Heuen].