Old English · noun

heap

Normalised hēap

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /xæ͜ɑːp/
[hæ͜ɑːp]
Syllables: xæ͜ɑːp (1 syllable)
Modern English: heap group

Meaning

group

[Petrus] āna spræc for ealne þone hēap.

[Peter] by himself spoke for the whole group.
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
heap

Declension

Declension of heap
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hēap	hēapas
Accusative	hēap	hēapas
Genitive	hēapes	hēapa
Dative	hēape	hēapum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haup. Cognate with Old Frisian hāp, Old Saxon hōp, Old High German houf. Old Norse hópr differs from the expected form *haupr because it is a borrowing from Middle Low German.

Descendants

heap

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