heed

Meanings

Noun

• Careful attention.

Verb

• To guard, protect.
• To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
• To pay attention, care.

Origin

• From Middle English heden, from Old English hēdan ("to heed, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive"), from Proto-West Germanic *hōdijan ("to heed, guard"), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- ("to heed, protect"). Cognate with West Frisian hoedje ("to heed"), Dutch hoeden ("to heed"), German hüten ("to heed").