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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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