different between heaf vs heah

English

Noun

heaf

1. (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted; a heft.

Verb

heaf (third-person singular simple present heafs, present participle heafing, simple past and past participle heafed)

1. (Northern England) (of farm animals, especially a flock of sheep) To become accustomed to and attached to an area of mountain pasture, seldom straying from it.

Anagrams

• HFEA, hafe

English

Adverb

heah (not comparable)

1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Adjective

heah (not comparable)

1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Old English

Alternative forms

• h?h

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Cognate with Old Frisian h?h, Old Saxon h?h, Old High German h?h, Old Dutch h?h, Old Norse hár, Gothic ???????????????????? (hauhs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæ???x/, [hæ???x]

Adjective

h?ah (comparative h?erra, superlative h?ehst)

1. high, tall
2. exalted, illustrious, important
3. proud, haughty
4. deep
5. right (as opposed to left)
6. (in compounds) main, principal, arch-

7. (in compounds) denotes intensification, completion or perfection

Declension

Antonyms

• d?op (“deep”)
• niþerl?? (“low”)

Derived terms

• h?al??e
• h?ahstede
• h?ahwe?

Descendants

• Middle English: heigh
  • English: high
  • Scots: heich
  • Yola: heigh, hia
• Scots: he-, hey-