Middle English Dictionary Entry
heft n.
Entry Info
| Forms | heft n. |
| Etymology | From hēven v. on the model of wēven v.(1), weft. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The quality of weight; also, something heavy, a weight.
Associated quotations
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)15/15 : Who is wonyd to lifte heuy weiȝtis with his armes..he schal liȝtli lifte vp oþire heftis.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)190/28 : Heft and liȝtnes..ben knowen bi þe touch.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)12/12 : Vnbodili propurtees of bodili þingis..as ben hefte and liȝtnes of bodies.