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Old English · adjective

hean

Normalised hēan

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /xæ͜ɑːn/
[hæ͜ɑːn]
Syllables: xæ͜ɑːn (1 syllable)
Modern English: hean abject despicable humiliated low mean humble

Meaning

low, mean, abject, humble
poor, miserable

hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,

since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s) with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,
siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
humiliated; despicable

Declension

Strong declension of hean
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēan	hēan	hēan
Accusative	hēanne	hēane	hēan
Genitive	hēanes	hēanre	hēanes
Dative	hēanum	hēanre	hēanum
Instrumental	hēane	hēanre	hēane
Plural
Nominative	hēane	hēana hēane	hēan
Accusative	hēane	hēana hēane	hēan
Genitive	hēanra	hēanra	hēanra
Dative	hēanum	hēanum	hēanum
Instrumental	hēanum	hēanum	hēanum

Weak declension of hean
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēana	hēane	hēane
Accusative	hēanan	hēanan	hēane
Genitive	hēanan	hēanan	hēanan
Dative	hēanan	hēanan	hēanan
Instrumental	hēanan	hēanan	hēanan
Plural
Nominative	hēanan	hēanan	hēanan
Accusative	hēanan	hēanan	hēanan
Genitive	hēanra hēanena	hēanra hēanena	hēanra hēanena
Dative	hēanum	hēanum	hēanum
Instrumental	hēanum	hēanum	hēanum

All forms (10)

hēan
hēanne
hēane
hēanes
hēanre
hēanum
hēana
hēanra
hēanan
hēanena

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hauniz, whence also the Old High German noun hōna.

Descendants

hean

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