heye

English

Noun

heye (plural heyes)

Obsolete form of hie.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English heġe (from Proto-West Germanic *hagi, from Proto-Germanic *hagiz, a variant of *hagô) and Old French haie, itself ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *haggju (“hedge”) (whence hegge).

Noun

heye

hedge, fence
enclosed plot of land, yard

Alternative forms

hey, ey, he, hay, haye, aye, ha, heyȝe, hegh, heghe, heyghe, heh, hehe, heie, hei, ei, hai, haie, aie, heiȝe, heighe
hæge, heg, hege (Early Middle English)

Descendants

English: hay

References

“hei(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Verb

heye (third-person singular simple present heyeth, present participle heyende, heyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heyed)

Alternative form of hien

Adjective

heye (comparative heyer, superlative heyest)

Alternative form of heigh

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