hæft
Danish
Verb
hæft
Old English
Pronunciation
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”), Proto-Slavic *xopītī- (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште (xapjǫšte), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)), Proto-Balto-Slavic *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”). See Etymology 1.
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
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