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Old English · verb

hæftan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈxæf.tɑn/
[ˈhæf.tɑn]
Syllables
ˈxæf · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
imprisonseize

Meaning

  1. to seize, make captive, to imprison

    hringan hæfted, · hȳran ġeorne

    Busy with time, I should keenly hearken my servant, grasped by rings,

    Iċ sċeal þrāgbysiġ · þeġne mīnum,

Conjugation

Conjugation of hæftan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hæftehæfte
2nd singular hæftesthæfsthæftsthæftest
3rd singular hæfteþhæfthæfte
Plural hæftaþhæfton
Subjunctive
Singular hæftehæfte
Plural hæftenhæften
Non-finite forms of hæftan
Form
Infinitive hæftan
Inflected infinitive hæftenne
Imperative singular hæft
Imperative plural hæftaþ
Present participle hæftende
Past participle hæftedġehæfted

All forms (14)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną. Cognate with Old Norse hepta, Old High German heften, Old Saxon heftian, Old Frisian hefta, Gothic (haftjan). Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *kap-; compare Old English hæft.

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