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hæfen, having.
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abstract, the having or
possessing of something
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  • Mid gódra weorca biggenge and mid háligra mægena hæfene,

      K. Ben. 3, 7.

  • Se bróðor þe mid swǽrra gylta hæfene bið gedered

    frater qui gravioris culpe noxa teneatur,

      49, 13.
concrete,
what is possessed
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  • Sé ðe eallunge ðá eorðlican gestreón forlǽtan ne mæg . . . fremige hé hafenleásum mid his hæfene,

      Hml. Th. ii. 400, 2.

  • Hí biddað and wilniaþ þá heafene þysse gestreónfullan wǽdle

    petunt et exigunt sumptum lucrosae egestatis,

      R. Ben. 136, l. Hér syndon .xxx.
    bóca on Leófstánes hafona, Nap. 46, 41.
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v. land-hæfen
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hæfen.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/51450.

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