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hede

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See also: hedé and -hede

English

Etymology

From Middle English hede, from Old English *hǣdu, feminine form of Old English hād (person, individual, character, individuality; degree, rank, order, office; condition, state, nature, form, manner; sex; race, family, tribe; choir), from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (appearance, kind). Cognate with Middle High German heit (person, order, rank), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (haidus, manner, way). More at hade.

Noun

hede (plural hedes)

  1. (obsolete) Rank; order; condition; quality.

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Danish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːðə/, [ˈhe̝ːð̠̩˕ˠ]
  • Rhymes: -ðə

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heiðr (heath, moor).

Noun

hede c (singular definite heden, plural indefinite heder)

  1. A heath.
  2. A moor.
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse hiti, hita.

Noun

hede c (singular definite heden, not used in plural form)

  1. heat
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Etymology 3

From Old Norse heita. Cognate with Old High German heizen.

Verb

hede (imperative hed, infinitive at hede, present tense heder, past tense hedede, perfect tense hedet)

  1. (rare) (used with op / up) to heat, warm.
    Synonym: ophede

Conjugation

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hēde, eastern variant of herde, heerde, from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.də/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: he‧de
  • Rhymes: -eːdə

Noun

hede f (plural hedens, no diminutive)

  1. (dialectal) tow, hards
    Synonym: werk

Finnish

Etymology

he(i)ti- + -e. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1859.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhedeˣ/, [ˈhe̞de̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ede
  • Syllabification(key): he‧de
  • Hyphenation(key): he‧de

Noun

hede

  1. (botany) stamen

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Latin

Noun

hede

  1. vocative singular of hedus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From heden.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

hede (plural hedes)

  1. heed
Descendants
  • English: heed
  • Yola: heed
References

Etymology 2

Noun

hede

  1. alternative form of hod
    • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, →ISBN, page 63:
      Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
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Etymology 3

Noun

hede

  1. alternative form of heed
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Noun

hede

  1. archaic form of ede

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