different between begge vs hegge

English

Verb

begge

1. Archaic spelling of beg.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse beggja, from Proto-Germanic *bajj??, the genitive form of Proto-Germanic *bai (“both”). In Old Norse the other cases have been replaced by the enlargened stem báðir (cf. Danish både).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?????]
• Homophone: bække

Pronoun

begge

1. both (each of two; one and the other)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse beggja

Determiner

begge

1. both

References

• “begge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse beggja, genitive of báðir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???/ (example of pronunciation)

Determiner

begge

1. Alternative form of båe

References

• “begge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English he??, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Indo-European *kag?yóm.

Alternative forms

• hegg, hege, egge, heddge, heggg, hedge, eygge, heg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?d?/

Noun

hegge (plural hegges)

2. A hedge; a plant grown as a boundary.
3. A bush or shrub; a stout or short woody plant.
4. (rare) An enclosure; a fenced-off or bounded area.
5. (rare) A fortress; a redoubt.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Derived terms

• heggen
• heggyng

Descendants

• English: hedge
• Scots: hege, hedg, hedge

References

• “he??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.

Etymology 2

Verb

hegge

1. Alternative form of heggen