HÁCH
Superlative of HÁCH (‘high’, Dutch: ‘hoog’) would be HÁCHST or HÁGEST, from which the name/title ‘Augustus’ may have been derived.
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')
Cognates
- hooch, heech - Frisian
- high - English
- heich - Scots
- hoog - Dutch
- hoch - German
- hög - Swedish
- høj - Danish
- høy - Norse
- (hár - Icelandic)