hene
Middle English
/hɛːn/
adj
Definitions
- needful, wretched, low
- despicable, wrong, malicious
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hēan (abject, mean, lowly, poor, despised, bare) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauniz (low, lowly).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hauniz
Gloss
low, lowly
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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