heah

Meaning

1. high, tall

   ...seoððan þū þonne hafast handum āmetene hū hēh and dēop hell inneweard sēo, grim græfhūs, gong ricene tō...

   ...then, after thou hast with thy hands measured how high and deep hell is within, the grim grave-house, go forthwith to...

   Caedmon's metrical paraphrase

2. exalted, important

3. proud

4. deep

   ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.

   proud by the wall. The war took away some men, carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death; a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

   wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

5. right (as opposed to left)

6. main, principal, arch-

   hēahfæder

   patriarch

7. denotes intensification, completion or perfection

   hēahfæst

   permanent, immutable

Declension