hegge
See also: Hegge and heggé
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English heċġ, from Proto-Germanic *hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm.
Alternative forms
- hegg, hege, egge, heddge, heggg, hedge, eygge, heg
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛdʒ/
Noun
hegge (plural hegges)
- A hedge; a plant grown as a boundary.
- A bush or shrub; a stout or short woody plant.
- (rare) An enclosure; a fenced-off or bounded area.
- (rare) A fortress; a redoubt.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Derived terms
- heggen
- heggyng
Descendants
- English: hedge
- Scots: hege, hedg, hedge
References
- “heǧǧe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.
Etymology 2
From hegge (noun).
Verb
hegge
- Alternative form of heggen