Middle English Dictionary Entry
hẹ̄den v.(2)
Entry Info
Forms | hẹ̄den v.(2) Also heid. Forms: p. hedde & hẹ̄dit; ppl. ihedde & hẹ̄dit. |
Etymology | OE hēdan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To be concerned about (sb. or sth.), worry about, be interested in; obey (a law); ~ of (to), care about (sb. or sth.); ~ to ben hurt, worry about being hurt; (b) to take charge of (sb. or sth.), look after, guard, protect, rule; wel ihedde, well taken care of, well brought up; (c) to arrange (sth.) for (sb.), provide; (d) to direct the attention, look; look at (sb. or sth.), see, observe, perceive; also fig. perceive (sth.), suspect.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Leuedi sainte (Add 27909)43 : Hwanne ich ihurde of gode speke, ne hedd ich hwat me sede.
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)48-9 : He is..hendore þen Hilde, þat haueþ me to hede, He haueþ me to hede, þis hendy anon.
- a1350 Middelerd for mon (Hrl 2253)4 : Heuene hem [i.e. men] is hest to hede.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2549 : Ȝif þai weren in sinne, Nouȝt so þai no lay. Lo hou þai liue atvinne! Þai no hede nouȝt of swiche play.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)3085 : Oure lord him ȝaf his lawe to hede, And made him patriarke in dede.
- a1450(1400) Eche man be war (Dgb 102)78 : Make othere take ensaumple treuth to hede.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)518 : We ben diȝt to day driȝten to serue, Hey heuen kyng, hede to his owne.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2080 : He þat..pight has his place on a playn ground, Hym þar not hede to be hurt with no hegh falle.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4895 : Hade we..hedit his wille, Done his dissyre..This sorow..had sothely not fallyn.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10339 : His shild on his shulders shot was behynd; He hedut no hathell, ne no harme thoght.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)3094 : Hefys nott your hert to hye, bott hedes [Ashm: take hede] to your ende.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)7/69 : As þe þet se heh þing hefde to heden ant se riche refschipe to rihten.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)2725 : Alle heo weren wel i-scrud, alle heo weren wel ihedde [Clg: bi-hedda].
- a1350 God þat al þis myhtes (Hrl 2253)33 : God, þat al þis world shal hede, þy gode myht þou hast in wolde.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)86/441 : The seuent vertu..is methe..That hedis [vr. kepys] us fra outrage, and haldes us in euen.
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)188 : Heo was in trouþe, as we trowe, tristi and trewe, Hir herte holliche on him þat the heuene hedes.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)1320 : I schal þe saue; When tyme comeþ, þat þou art in nede Than wol I þe of frendship heed.
- a1450(1414) Whanne alle a kyngdom (Dgb 102)166 : And in ȝow þe helpe it lys, Þe puple in goddis lawe to hede.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2220 : He somned a menȝe To heyd & to help hys hynes, if any harme limpyd.
c
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)12101 : Melga nam Vrsele..and same hire hedde [Clg: bi-hedde], and nom hire to his bedde.
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17801 : Heo leopen to þan bedde, & þene king hedden.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2389 : He..Spak, and seyde, 'hede cauenard! Wat dos þu here at þis paþe?'
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1051 : Þe hyȝe trone þer moȝt ȝe hede Wyth alle þe apparaylmente vmbepyȝte.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)508 : Then he hyghes hym in haste, and hedis to the mere, And seghe a bote.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)252 : He hedit not the harme þat in his hert lurkyt, Ne the ffalshed he faynit vnder faire wordes.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)678 : He heuys vp hede, & to þe heuyn lokis, Hedis heterly on hiȝe, behelde on a sterne.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3226 : Þe hathill hedis vp-on heȝe.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1527 : Who so wates fro withowte, & within hedes [Ashm: haldis], It semyd as to se to on of þe seuen heuens.