different between hean vs zean

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)

1. (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)

1. (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

1. low, mean, abject, humble
2. poor, miserable
3. humiliated; despicable

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: hene
  • English: hean

English

Etymology

Former trade name. See Zea (“genus of grasses”).

Noun

zean (uncountable)

1. (medicine, archaic) A highly concentrated fluid extract of cornsilk used as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic.

Anagrams

• Anez, Zane, naze

Basque

Noun

zean

1. inessive singular of ze