𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹

From Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath”). Cognates include English heath, Dutch heide, German Heide, Old Norse heiðr.

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.θi/

𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹 • (haiþi) f

1. (uncultivated) field (land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 6:28-29:

     𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳. 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌼𐍉𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴.

     gakunnaiþ blōmans haiþjōs ƕaiwa wahsjand nih arbaidjand nih spinnand. qiþuh þan izwis þatei nih saulaumōn in allama wulþau seinamma gawasida sik swē ains þizē.

     Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (KJV)

Not a perfect synonym of 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 (akrs), which refers to a cultivated field.

• 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (haiþiwisks, “wild”)
• 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌽𐍉 (haiþnō, “heatheness”)