Middle English Dictionary Entry
tẹ̄ hẹ̄ interj.
Entry Info
Forms | tẹ̄ hẹ̄ interj. Also tihe. |
Etymology | Prob. imitative; cp. OE hē hē. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. teheing ger.
1.
The sound of a giggle.
Associated quotations
- [ a1100 Aelfric Gram.(Fst A.10)279 : Haha and hehe getacnjað hlehter on leden and on englisc. ]
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3740 : 'Tehee [vrr. Te he, Ti he],' quod she, and clapte the wyndow to.