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hæft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hæft, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§231; §335; §563;
one seized or
taken, a captive
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  • Hé licgan geseah hæftas in hylle

    he saw captives lying in hell,

      Cd. 229; Th. 309, 27; Sat. 717 : 217; Th. 277, 10; Sat. 202 : Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 18; Cri. 154 : Andr. Kmbl. 2142; An. 1072.
  • Wé ðé biddaþ ðæt ðú gehýre hæfta stefne

    we beseech thee to hear the voice of the captives,

      Exon. 13 a; Th. 22, 32; Cri. 360.
  • Under hæftum

    amid the captives,

      Cd. 220; Th. 284, 9; Sat. 319.
one taken and enslaved, a slave, servant
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  • Ðá bebohtan bearn Iacobes Ioseph ðǽr hine grame hæfdon tó hæfte

    in servum venumdatus est Ioseph,

      Ps. Th. 104, 15.
  • Hweorfon ða hǽðenan hæftas fram ðám hálgan cnihton

    the heathen slaves went from the holy youths,

      Cd. 187; Th. 232, 28; Dan. 267.
  • Gearwe stódun hæftas heársume

    ready stood the slaves obedient,

      Exon. 43 a; Th. 145, 19; Gú. 697.
Etymology
[Icel. haftr a prisoner, bondman : cf. Goth. hafts joined : O. Sax. haft : O. H. Ger. haft vinctus, captivus.]
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v.  hæftan.
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  • hæft, n.