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Hean vs Heaf - What's the difference?

hean | heaf |

As verbs the difference between hean and heaf

is that hean is to treat with contumely; insult; humiliate; debase; lower while heaf is to become accustomed to and attached to an area of mountain pasture, seldom straying from it.

As an adjective hean

is mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.

As a noun heaf is

a piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become heafed; a heft.

hean

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) hene, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) henen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To treat with contumely; insult; humiliate; debase; lower.
    • ----

    heaf

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become heafed; a heft.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Northern England) To become accustomed to and attached to an area of mountain pasture, seldom straying from it.