hæft
Danish
Verb
hæft
- imperative of hæfte
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hæft/
Etymology 1
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’, Slavic *xopītī- (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште, Russian хапать), Baltic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt ‘bite’).
Noun
hæft n
- a handle, the haft of a weapon
- Nim ðæt seax ðe ðæt hæfte sie fealo hryðeres horn: take a knife, the handle of which is yellow ox-horn.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *haftaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós (“grabbed”). Cognate with Middle Low German hacht, Old High German hafta (German Haft), Old Norse hapt, haptr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin captus (past participle of capiō), Old Irish cacht (Welsh caeth ‘slave’, Breton keaz ‘poor’), Albanian kap ‘grip’, Slavic *xopītī- (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште, Russian хапать), Baltic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt ‘bite’).
Noun
hæft m
- a captive, a prisoner or slave
- We ðe biddaþ ðæt ðu gehyre hæfta stefne: we beseech you to hear the voice of the captives.
- captivity, bondage, imprisonment
- Is ðes hæft to ðan strang: this imprisonment is so severe.
- a bond or fetter
Related terms
- hebban
- habban
- hefiġ