hapt

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See also: håpt

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑpt

Verb

hapt

  1. inflection of happen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *haftą, from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, hold”).

Noun

hapt n (genitive hapts, plural hǫpt)

  1. cuff, fetter
    Synonyms: band, fjǫturr
  2. (plural only, heiti, Germanic paganism) the gods

Declension

  Declension of hapt (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hapt haptit hǫpt hǫptin
accusative hapt haptit hǫpt hǫptin
dative hapti haptinu hǫptum hǫptunum
genitive hapts haptsins hapta haptanna
  • haptr (“captive, prisoner”)
  • hepta (“to fetter”)

Derived terms

References

  • band in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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