HÁCH

Superlative of HÁCH (high, Dutch: hoog) would be HÁCHST or HÁGEST, from which the name/title Augustus may have been derived.

Cognates

• hooch, heech - Frisian
• high - English
• heich - Scots
• hoog - Dutch
• hoch - German
• hög - Swedish
• høj - Danish
• høy - Norse
• (hár - Icelandic)

Varieties

• HÁCH (adjective attributive/predicative) - fragments 1
  • HÁG (adj. pred.) - 1a
  • HÁGA (adj. attr.) - 1b
• HÁCH or HÁG in compound words
  • HÁCH.DISKA, HÁCH.GÁNA, HÁG.MOD (nouns); HÁCHLIK (adverb from adj.) - 2
  • HÁCH.FÁRANDE, HÁG.FÁRANDE, HÁCH.FAREN.HÉD (expression adj. pred./noun) - 2a
• HÁGER (adj. comparative) and HÁCHSTENS (adverb from superlative) - 3
• HÁGA, HÁGTH? (verb) - 4
• HÁGUM? (noun plur., semantically changed?) - 5

Fragments

1. HÁCH as adjective attributive/predicative: high

• EN HÁCH DÉL FON ÁT.LAND (attr.)
• ALSA HÁCH THET SE TO THA HIMEL LÀJA / EN STÁT SKOLDE NÍTA SÁ HÁCH / HRIJA SJVGUN FÉT. É.LIKA HÁCH / SJUGUN JRTH.FÉT IS HJU HÁCH / ALSA HÁCH THÀT HJU THA WOLKA TORENT / THRIJA THRITTICH FÉT IS HJU HÁCH (pred.)

1a. HÁG as adjective predicative: high

• SÁ HÁG THAT AL ET WÉTER TO THÉRE STRÉTE UT HLIP (pred.)

1b. HÁGA as adjective attributive

• THA HÁGA BERGUM / BEFTHA HÁGA WALLUM / MITH HÁGA BERGUN / FON THA HÁGA LANDUM / IN DA HÁGA MARKA / INNA HÁGA LÁNDA / NÉI THA HÁGA LANDUM / OVIR.A HÁGA FENNA ÀND WALDA / EN HÁGE KOM.OF / ÉNNEN HÁGE GOL / SOKKE HÁGE LOVE / THET HÁGE WÉTER / THIT HÁGE THERP / TO.N HÁGE STÁT

2. HÁCH or HÁG in compound word

• HÁCH.DISKA. NYN.DISKA ÀND Á.DISKA (noun: lizards — Dutch: hagedissen, lit.: high-...?)
• HÁCH.GÁNA HIS SVN / HÁCH.GÁNA MIN ÔTHERA (proper noun, name: lit.: to go high)
• HI WÉRE.N LICHTE MAN HÁCHLIK ROMED (adverb from adjective: highly, lit.: highlike)
• JOWE HÁG.MOD TO.NE STRAF (noun: impudence, lit.: high-mood)

2a. expression, derived from compound verb HÁCH.FÁRA (to be haughty, lit.: to fare high, see blog post)

• GÍRICH. HÁCH.FÁRANDE. FALSK. VNKUS ÀND MORT.SJOCHTICH / KÁT WAS STOLTE ÀND HÁCH.FÁRANDE / THAT WÉRE SA HÁGFÁRANDE / WRDON HÀRDE HÁG.FÁRANDE (adj. pred.: haughty)
• HJARA TÀMLÁSE HÁCH.FAREN.HÉD / VNTOCHT ÀND HÁCH.FÁRENHÉD (noun: haughtiness)

3. comparison HÁGER and HÁCHSTENS

• HO HÁGER IK UPKÉM / SVNNE RÉS HÁGER (comparative adj.: higher)
• HÁCHSTENS THRIA (adverb from superlative: at most, lit.: at highest)

4. verb HÁGA (inf.) and probably HÁGTH (perf.)

• HWÉRMÉI SKOLDE HJA HJRA SKÉNHÉD HÁGA (increase, lit.: make higher — Dutch: verhogen)
• THAT.ET THENE ALLERVRSTE DROCHTEN HÁGTH HÉDE (pleased, possible literal meaning: made higher — Dutch: 'behaagd')

5. noun (plural) derived from adjective? HÁGUM

• THA GÁRDNE SEND MITH ALTID GRÉNE HÁGUM OMTUNAD (hedges — Dutch: hagen, sing.: haag)