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hæft

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hæft, hæfte, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§231; §335; §563;
A haft, handle; manubrium
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  • Hæft and helfe

    manubrium,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 52
      • ;
    • Som. 66, 31
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 35, 20
      • .

  • Nim ðæt seax ðe ðæt hæfte síe fealo hryðeres horn

    take a knife, the handle of which is yellow ox-horn,

    • L. M. 2, 65
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 290, 22 : 52
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 272, 21
      • .

  • Folc Ebréa fuhton hæfte guldon hyra fyrngeflítu fágum sweordum

    the Hebrew folk fought with the haft [ = sword, a part put for the whole, cf. ord, ecg ?]

    with stained swords repaid their quarrels of old,

    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 25, 16
      • ;
    • Jud. 263
      • .
Etymology
[
Prompt. Parv. heft manubrium
:
Icel. hepti; n. a haft or kilt
:
O. H. Ger. hefti capulum, manubrium
:
Ger. heft haft, handle
.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hæft.” 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/17853.

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