different between heigh vs eigh

English

Alternative forms

• hey, hi
• hegh, hech (Scotland)

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin. Compare hey, eh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /he?/

Interjection

heigh

1. An exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, scene 1:

     Heigh, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts.

Derived terms

• heigh-ho

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?ah, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”).

Adjective

heigh (comparative heigher, superlative heighest)

1. high

Alternative forms

• heighe, hei?, hei?e, hei?h, heih, hei, heie, heij, hegh, heghe, heg, hege, he?, he?e, he?he, heh, hehe, heh?e, egh, e?e, he, high, highe, hi?, hi?e, hih, hihe, hiegh, hie?, hie?e, i?e, hi, hie, hij, heygh, heyghe, hey?, hey?e, heyh, hey, heye, hygh, hyghe, hy?, hy?e, hyh, hyhe, hye?, y?e, hy, hye
• heah, heahe, heah?æ, hea?e, hea?æ, hæh, hæh?e, hæge, hæ?e, hah, hage, haihe, a?e, haie, haye (early)

Derived terms

• hyghnesse

Descendants

• English: high
• Scots: heich
• Yola: heigh, hia

References

• “heigh, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Interjection

heigh

1. Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

Etymology 3

Noun

heigh (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

Etymology 4

Verb

heigh (third-person singular simple present heigheth, present participle heighynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heighed)

1. Alternative form of hien (“to go quickly”)

Yola

Alternative forms

• hia

Etymology

From Middle English heigh, from Old English h?ah, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh.

Adjective

heigh

1. high

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Interjection

eigh

1. Alternative form of eh
   • 1897, H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man (page 55)

     "Eigh?" said Kemp, with his mouth open. "Keep your nerve," said the Voice. "I'm an Invisible Man."

   • 1935, Paul Green, This Body the Earth

     "Eigh, eigh! he's killed me!" Mr. Utley shrieked. But none of the students made a move out of their seats.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• deigh
• eighre

Etymology

From Old Irish aig, itself from Proto-Celtic *yegis. Cognate with Irish oighear, Welsh iâ, and Cornish yey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ej/

Noun

eigh f (genitive singular eighe, no plural)

1. ice

Derived terms

• eigh-bheinn
• eigh-shruth
• leac-eighre