different between hean vs heam
hean
English
Alternative forms
- hene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi?n/
Etymology 1
From Middle English hene, from Old English h?an (“lowly, despised, poor, mean, bare, abject”), from Proto-Germanic *hauniz (“low, lowly”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to degrade, humiliate”). Cognate with German höhn (“jeering, demeaning, bad”), Gothic ???????????????????? (hauns, “contemptible, base, humble”), Dutch hoon (“scorn, insult”), Latvian kauns (“shame, disgrace, dishonour”), Ancient Greek ?????? (kaunós, “bad”).
Adjective
hean (comparative more hean, superlative most hean)
- (obsolete) Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.
Derived terms
- heanling
Etymology 2
From Middle English henen, from Old English h?enan (“to fell, prostrate, overcome, weaken, crush, afflict, injure, oppress, abase, humble, insult, accuse, condemn”), from Proto-West Germanic *haunijan, from Proto-Germanic *haunijan? (“to humiliate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to degrade, humiliate”).
Cognate with North Frisian huynjen (“to wound, abuse, hurt”), German höhnen (“to mock, jeer, scoff”) Swedish hån (“heckle, mocking”).
Verb
hean (third-person singular simple present heans, present participle heaning, simple past and past participle heaned)
- (transitive, obsolete) To treat with contumely; insult; humiliate; debase; lower.
Anagrams
- Haen, Hane
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hauniz, whence also the Old High German noun h?na.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xæ???n/, [hæ???n]
Adjective
h?an
- low, mean, abject, humble
- poor, miserable
- humiliated; despicable
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: hene
- English: hean
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heam
English
Etymology
Dialectal form of hame (“membrane”). Compare Old English ?ildhamma (“womb”), Low German hamen (“afterbirth”), Old Dutch hamme (“afterbirth”). More at hame.
Noun
heam (plural heams)
- The afterbirth or secundus of an animal.
Anagrams
- HEMA, Hema, Mahé, ah me, ahem, haem, haem-, hame, hæm-
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