Old English · noun
hæft
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /xæft/[hæft]
- Syllables
- xæft (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- prisonerhaftcaptivebondagecaptivityimprisonment
hæft1 · noun · masculine
Senses
-
a captive, a prisoner or slave
-
captivity, bondage, imprisonment
-
a bond or fetter
Declension · strong a-stem
hæft2 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
a handle, the haft of a weapon
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *haft, from Proto-Germanic *haftaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós (“grabbed”). See Etymology 1.
From Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją, from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. 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”)).
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