hæft

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Verb

hæft

  1. imperative of hæfte

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Cognate with Middle Low German hecht (Dutch hecht, heft), Old High German hefti (German Heft), Old Norse hepti. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin capere, Old Irish cacht (Welsh caeth (“slave”), Breton keaz (“poor”)), Albanian kap (“grip”), Proto-Slavic *xopītī- (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште (xapjǫšte), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt (“bite”)).

Noun

hæft n

  1. a handle, the haft of a weapon

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *haft, from Proto-Germanic *haftaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós (“grabbed”). See Etymology 1.

Noun

hæft m

  1. a captive, a prisoner or slave
  2. captivity, bondage, imprisonment
  3. a bond or fetter
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hæft hæftas
accusative hæft hæftas
genitive hæftes hæfta
dative hæfte hæftum
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