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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
hē̆vī
adj.
220 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Great in physical weight, heavy in proportion to bulk, weighty, heavy; (b)
to hevi and (or) to hot
, too heavy and (or) too hot to be seized or stolen; (c) massive, large; (d) of blows: heavy of…
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hevī-tīme
adj.
Additional spellings:
hevitime
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Burdensome, grievous, grave.
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