hegge

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms. ==== Alternative forms ==== egge, eygge, heddge, hedge, heg, hege, hegg, heggg ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɛd͡ʒ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== hegge (plural hegges) A hedge; a plant grown as a boundary. late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4405-4408: 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 heggynge ===== Descendants ===== English: hedge Scots: hedge ===== References ===== “heǧǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 July 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hegge alternative form of heggen == Swedish == === Alternative forms === hägge === Etymology === From hekto (“hectogram”). === Noun === hegge n (slang) a hectogram (usually of cannabis) Synonym: hekto ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== kasse === References === Slangopedia