hafen

See also: Häfen

Old English

Alternative forms

ġehafen, hæfen

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”).

Participle

hafen

past participle of hebban

Descendants

Middle English: hoven
- English: hoven (past participle)

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hebban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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