hæft

Danish

Verb

hæft

1. imperative of hæfte

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæft/, [hæft]

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

Related terms

• hebban
• habban
• hefiġ