hefig

== Middle English == === Adjective === hefig (chiefly Early Middle English) alternative form of hevy == Old English == === Alternative forms === hæfiġ, hefeġ === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *habīgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“take, seize”). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon hevig, Dutch hevig, Old High German hebig, Old Norse hǫfigr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap (“grip”), Proto-Slavic *xopiti (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште (xapjǫšte), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt (“bite”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxe.fij/, [ˈhe.vij] === Adjective === hefiġ (comparative hefiġra, superlative hefiġost or hefiġust or hefiġast) heavy Eorþe is hefiġre ōðrum ġesceaftum ― earth is heavier than the other elements. Exeter Book, riddle 40 grievous, serious Hit is swīðe hefigu sċyld. ― It is a very serious crime. important ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hefiġian hefiġlīċe hefiġnes ==== Related terms ==== habban hebban hæft ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: heviȝ, hevy English: heavy Sranan Tongo: hebi Scots: hivie, hevy, havy