-hede

hede hedé Middle English Alternative forms enm -had -hade -hod -hode -hood -hoode -hoþ -hot -hote -ood -wood from ang -hād enm -ed -ede -hed -heed -hiede -hyede from ang *-hǣd/ang *-hǣdu Etymology enm :inh ang:-hād Probably from enm ang *-hǣd/ang *-hǣdu, ang -hād, from enm gmw-pro *-haidu, gmw-pro *-haidi, from enm gem-pro *haiduz. Compare enm hod. If the reconstruction ang *-hǣd rather than ang *-hǣdu is adopted for the ancestor of forms with /ɛ̝ː/, the final vowel in their reflexes would have to be levelled from the Old English oblique cases. Since dative ang -hāde would probably form an insufficient basis for levelling, this vowel was presumably extended to forms descending from ang -hād. The 15th-century presence of /oː/ rather than expected /ɔ̝ː/ in such forms is perhaps due to low stress;45 75I 370 363 compare a similar change in enm two and enm who due to the influence of preceding /w/. Pronunciation enm from ang *-hǣd /-hɛ̝ːd(ə)/ enm from ang -hād /-hɔ̝ːd(ə)/ /-hɑːd(ə)/ early /-haːd/ Northern /-hoːd/ late Suffix enm suffix Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns denoting position, quality, state, condition or collectivity.-hed(e suf MED20205 22 June 2018 Derived terms enm Descendants en -hood ; -head gmw-msc -heid sco -head -heid See also enm -nesse References enm noun-forming suffixes