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▪ I. heed, v.|hiːd| Forms: 1 hédan, 2–3 heden, 4–5 hede, 5 heede (heyd), 4– heed. pa. tense 1 hédde, 3 hedd(e, 5 hedit, -yt, -ut, 6– heeded. pa. pple. 4 hed, hedit, etc. [OE. hédan = OS. hôdian, huodian (MDu., Du. hoeden, LG. höden, höen), OHG. huotan (MHG. hüeten, Ger. hüten):—WGer. *hôdjan, deriv. of *hôdâ, n. str. fem., OFris. hôde, hûde, OHG. huota, MHG. huote, Ger. hut fem., heed, guard, care, keeping; not recorded in OE., where its form would have been hód.] †1. intr. (In OE.) To take charge, take possession, take. Const. with gen.
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 330 Lazarus ne moste..hedan ðæra crumena. Ibid. II. 114 We hedað þæra crumena ðæs hlafes. c1000Rectitud. Sing. Pers. c. 5 in Schmid Gesetze 376 Þonne him forð-sið ᵹebyriᵹe, hede se hlaford þæs he læfe, bute hwet friᵹes sy. 2. intr. To have a care, pay attention, take notice. Const. in OE. and ME. with gen.; subseq. with of, later to, for. arch. and dial.
Beowulf (Z.) 2697 Ne hedde he þæs heafolan. c1000Inst. Polity §10 in Thorpe Laws II. 316 Bisceopum ᵹebyreð þæt hi..ne hunda ne haveca hedan to swyðe. a1300Fragm. Sev. Sins 33 in E.E.P. (1862) 19 Nel he of oþir þing hede. c1400Destr. Troy 2663 Hedis to þat, and puttis of þat purpos. Ibid. 11531 Euer hedyng in hert of the hegh treason. a1400–50Alexander 3094 Hefys nott your hert to hye, bott hedes to your ende. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 2 Whan I had heeded and loked vpon it. a1618Sylvester Paradox agst. Libertie 800 Much strength and many men unto their hoordes to heed. 1690Penn Rise & Progr. Quakers (1834) 60 Never heed, the Lord's power is over all weakness and death. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxvi, Heed no longer for me, my lord. 1868Atkinson Cleveland Gloss. s.v., Never heed, don't concern yourself, never mind. 3. trans. To care for, concern oneself about; to take notice of, give attention to, to mind; to regard. (In Engl. now chiefly literary; in common use in Sc.)
a1225Juliana 8 As þe þat heh þing hefde to heden. c1340Cursor M. 3085 (Trin.) Oure lord him ȝaf his lawe to hede. c1400Destr. Troy 10339 He hedut no hathell. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. 54 (R.) That man should be punished who little heedeth the maintenaunce of his tillage. 1592West 1st Pt. Symbol. §48 In the persons two thinges are to bee heeded. 1759Hurd Retirem. ii. (R.), Which seem to be not perceived, or not heeded, by other men. 1816J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iii. 104 Heed not that foolish wretch—go on, go on. 1870Bryant Iliad I. i. 11 Domineer Over thy Myrmidons; I heed thee not. Mod. Sc. Never heed them! †4. To observe, see, behold, take note of. Also intr. To look. (Cf. F. regarder.) Obs.
c1205Lay. 17801 Heo leopen to þan bedde, & þene king hedden. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 1050 Þe hyȝe trone þer moȝt ȝe hede. a1400–50Alexander 678 He..to þe heuyn lokis, Hedis heterly on hiȝe, behelde on a sterne. Ibid. 1527 Who so wates fro withowte & within hedes. ▪ II. heed, n. Forms: 3–6 hede, 4–5 hed, 4–6 Sc. heid, 5 hedde, (ȝed, -e), 5–6 heede, heade, 5– heed. [app. f. heed v.: there is no corresponding OE. n.: see prec.] 1. Careful attention, care, observation, regard. (Now chiefly literary.)
a1300Cursor M. 4248 (Gött.) Ioseph held euer his in hede. 1357Lay Folks Catech. 200 Our gastly fadirs that has hede of us. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. (1567) 54 b, Good hede would be had, that nothing be doubtfully spoken. 1575Laneham Let. (1871) 50 With great art and heed..thyther conueyd, and thear erected. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. iv. i. 101, I will..teach your eares to list me with more heede. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 5 Swimming so without heed, that some were in apparant danger. 1782Cowper Gilpin 72 Full slowly pacing o'er the stones With caution and good heed. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) I. App. 701, I look on this account as worthy of all heed. b. Esp. in phr. to take († nim) heed.
c1305St. Dunstan 25 in E.E.P. (1862) 35 His freond nome þerto hede. c1305St. Swithin 47 Ibid. 44 He þoȝte on þat þe godspel saiþ, þat me takþ of lute hede. 13..Sir Beues (A.) 1030 Beues of hem nam gode hede. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 592 Bot proud man of þis tas na hede. c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 177 Necessite hath neuere haly⁓day: Tak hede of that. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 279 Of falsnesse non heed he nam, Bot at the last out hit kame. c1450Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 368 Tak hede at Aaron. 1526Tindale Mark iv. 24 Take hede what ye heare. 1535Coverdale Ps. xxxvii. 37 Kepe innocency, and take hede vnto the thinge that is right. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 6 b, Every man toke muche hede to them that daunsed. a1592H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 33 Take heed is a good staff to stay upon. c1689Prior Ode 13 Take heed, my dear, youth flies apace. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 65 Let us take heed, and be on our guard against deceptions. c. later, to give, pay heed (to).
1504W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione iii. iii. 197 My sone, gyue hede to my wordes. 1526Tindale 1 Tim. i. 4 Nether geve hede to fables. a1774Pearce Wks. III. xi. (R.), Every christian is bound to give diligent heed to the reading, and the study of them. 1844Thirlwall Greece VIII. 443 Damocritus however paid no heed to their advice. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 423 These unto thee will call To help them, but give thou no heed at all. †2. That which one heeds. Obs. rare.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. i. i. 82 Who dazling so, that eye shall be his heed, And giue him light that it was blinded by. 3. Comb., as heed-giving, heed-taking.
1545R. Ascham Toxoph. i. (Arb.) 53 Companions of shoting, be prouidens, good heed giuing, true meatinge, honest comparison. 1577Harrison England ii. vi. (1877) i. 152 They fall into this for want of heedtaking. 1619W. Sclater Exp. 1 Thess. (1630) 218 Circumspection; diligent heed-taking to our selues. ▪ III. heed obs. form of head n.1 |