Old English · noun
heof
Normalised hēof
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /xe͜oːf/[he͜oːf]
- Syllables
- xe͜oːf (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- griefmourningwailing
Meaning
-
grief
-
mourning
-
wailing; lamentation
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From hēofan (“to grieve, mourn”).
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