different between hean vs heah

English

Alternative forms

• hene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi?n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English hene, from Old English h?an (“lowly, despised, poor, mean, bare, abject”), from Proto-Germanic *hauniz (“low, lowly”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to degrade, humiliate”). Cognate with German höhn (“jeering, demeaning, bad”), Gothic ???????????????????? (hauns, “contemptible, base, humble”), Dutch hoon (“scorn, insult”), Latvian kauns (“shame, disgrace, dishonour”), Ancient Greek ?????? (kaunós, “bad”).

Adjective

hean (comparative more hean, superlative most hean)

1. (obsolete) Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.

Derived terms

• heanling

Etymology 2

From Middle English henen, from Old English h?enan (“to fell, prostrate, overcome, weaken, crush, afflict, injure, oppress, abase, humble, insult, accuse, condemn”), from Proto-West Germanic *haunijan, from Proto-Germanic *haunijan? (“to humiliate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to degrade, humiliate”).

Cognate with North Frisian huynjen (“to wound, abuse, hurt”), German höhnen (“to mock, jeer, scoff”) Swedish hån (“heckle, mocking”).

Verb

hean (third-person singular simple present heans, present participle heaning, simple past and past participle heaned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To treat with contumely; insult; humiliate; debase; lower.

Anagrams

• Haen, Hane

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hauniz, whence also the Old High German noun h?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæ???n/, [hæ???n]

Adjective

h?an

1. low, mean, abject, humble
2. poor, miserable
3. humiliated; despicable

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: hene
  • English: hean

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-