Also 4 hegge-n. [OE. ęcʓan (pa. t. ęʓide), = MDu., Du. eggen, OHG. ecken (pa. pple. gi-egit), MHG. egen, mod.G. (from LG.) eggen to harrow:—OTeut. *agjan, whence OE. ęʓiđe, ęʓđe = MLG. egede, MDu. ēghede (Du. eegd), OHG. egida a harrow. Outside Teut. cf. L. occa, Welsh oged (:—*ocet), Lith. akėczos a harrow, akiti to harrow. The root may possibly be identical with that of EDGE sb.] To harrow.

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a. 800.  Corpus Gloss., 1430. Occabat, eʓide.

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1393.  Langl., P. Pl., C. VI. 19. Canstow … Heggen oþer harwen · oþer swyn oþer gees dryue.

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1669.  Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (1681), 325. To Edge, to Harrow.

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1726.  Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3), To Edge … a Country-word for to harrow.

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