† heken.1
Obsolete rare.
A horse (of some kind).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > of unspecified type
hekea1400
bundy1591
rout1697
a1400 Morte Arthur 2284 Hekes and hakkenays and horses of armes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† heken.2
Obsolete. rare.
A chilblain.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > blain or chilblain
blainc1000
kibe1387
mulea1400
hekec1450
chilblain1547
bloody fall1601
night blain1601
night-foe1601
pernio1676
perniosis1896
c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 144 Quod fit in talo [h]yeme maxime propter frigus et dicitur pernio a pernicie, anglice heke uel moule.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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