ahebban

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀhabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *uzhabjaną. Equivalent to Compound of ā +‎ hebban. Cognate with Old Saxon āhebbian, Old High German irheven, irheffen (whence German erheben), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ushafjan).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈxeb.bɑn/, [ɑːˈheb.bɑn]

āhebban

1. to heave or lift up, raise from low to high, elevate, exalt, ferment
2. to build, erect
3. to raise, as to make louder
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Preface"

     Eft cwæð se Ælmihtiga to þam witegan Isaiam, "Clypa and ne geswic ðu, āhefe þine stemne swā swā byme, and cyð minum folce heora leahtras, and Iacobes hirede heora synna."

     Again the Almighty spake to the prophet Isaiah, "Cry and cease thou not, raise thy voice as a trumpet, and declare to my people their crimes, and to the family of Jacob their sins."

4. (figuratively) to bear, support, uphold, give higher worth to, puff up
5. (figuratively) to remove
6. (figuratively) to give rise to, raise a laugh,

• Middle English: ahebben

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “áhebban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.