See also: Haft and -haft

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.

Noun

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haft (plural hafts)

  1. The handle of a tool or weapon.
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haft (third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted)

  1. (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 218:
      Instead, they made finely crafted bone points to haft onto their spears, reserving the use of flint mostly for blades and scrapers.
  2. (transitive) To grip by the handle.
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Etymology 2

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See heft (etymology 3).[1]

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haft (plural hafts)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland)

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haft (third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (“(transitive) to accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland; to establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence; to establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; (intransitive, reflexive) of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place”)

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  1. ^ Compare haft, n.2”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; haft, v.3”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.

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Danish

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haft

  1. past participle of have

Icelandic

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haft n (genitive singular hafts, nominative plural höft)

  1. (of a horse) hobble
  2. (in the plural) restrictions
  3. (anatomy) frenulum
  4. (genetics, of a chromosome) constriction

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    Declension of haft
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative haft haftið höft höftin
accusative haft haftið höft höftin
dative hafti haftinu höftum höftunum
genitive hafts haftsins hafta haftanna

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Old Norse

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Participle

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haft

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of hafðr

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haft

  1. supine of hafa

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German haft, from Old High German hafta, from Proto-Germanic *haftō.

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haft m inan (diminutive hafcik)

  1. embroidery (ornamentation of fabric using needlework)
    Synonym: hafciarstwo
  2. embroidery (piece of embroidered fabric)
    Synonym: dzierganie
  3. (colloquial) pavement pizza (patch of vomit on the pavement, road or ground)
    Synonyms: paw, rzygowiny, wymioty
  4. (colloquial, derogatory) worthless product of creative activities performed without much ambition
    Synonyms: chała, gniot, kicz, szmira
    Hypernym: tandeta

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Further reading

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  • haft in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • haft in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

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From Old Norse hefð.

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haft (plural hafts)

  1. Alternative spelling of heft

Swedish

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haft

  1. supine of ha
  2. supine of hava

Talysh

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Etymology

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Cognate with Persian هفت (haft).

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haft

  1. seven