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▪ I. † hean, hene, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 héan, 3 hæne, heane, 3–4 hene, 4 heyne.
[Com. Teut. adj.: OE. héan = OHG. hôni, Goth. hauns contemptible, base, humble: cf. Lettish kauns shame, disgrace, dishonour.]
Mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly.
Beowulf (Z.) 1275 Þa he hean ᵹe-wat, dreame be-dæled. c825Vesp. Psalter ix. 39 [x. 18] Doem ðæm freondleasan and ðæm heanan. c1205Lay. 3172 Heo hold me for hæne [c 1275 wrecche]. Ibid. 12136 Hermes heo worhten and hene lond makeden. c1230Hali Meid. 13 Who makeð out..of heane hine, of fa freond. c1325Pol. Songs (Camden) 150 Me halt hem ful hene. c1400Apol. Loll. 26 To stere men to be heuy of þer mysse and to desire to be heyne.
▪ II. † hean, hene, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 híenan, hýnan, hénan, 2–4 hene(n, 3 heanen, hænen.
[Com. Teut.: OE. híenan = OFris. héna (MDu. hônen. Du. hoonen), OHG. hônen (MHG. hœnen, Ger. höhnen), Goth. haunjan, f. haun-s adj.: see prec. (From the OHG. came OF. honir to dishonour, pa. pple. honi, in ‘honi soit qui mal y pense’.)]
trans. To treat with contumely; to insult, humiliate, debase, lower.
Beowulf (Z.) 2320 Geata leode hatode ond hynde. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Luke x. 16 Seðe iuih teleð vel ᵹeheneð mec henes. c1175Lamb. Hom. 13 Stala and steorfa swiðe eow scal hene. c1205Lay. 6874 Al his folc he hatede and al he hit hænde. c1230Hali Meid. 13 Vre flesch is ure fa & heaneð us & harmeð. c1410Chron. Eng. 1030 (Ritson Metr. Rom. II. 313) Heo heveden him in henyng, Ant seiden he wes traitour. |