hegge

From Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdʒ(ə)/

hegge (plural hegges)

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

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

• heggen
• heggynge

• English: hedge
• Scots: hedge

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

hegge

1. Alternative form of heggen

• hägge

From hekto (“hectogram”).

hegge n

1. (slang) a hectogram (usually of cannabis)

   Synonym: hekto

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