Dictionary

haft en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /hɑːft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /hæft/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The handle of a tool or weapon.
   • See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / […] / I'll bury to the haft, in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge. 1679, [John] Dryden, [Nathaniel] Lee, Oedipus: A Tragedy. […], London: […] R. Bentley and M. Magnes […], →OCLC, Act V, page 74:

Forms

Hyponyms

stele · steal · hilt · stail · stale

Synonyms

helve

Translations (45)

de Griff (handle) · eo tenilo (handle) · tl puluhan (handle) · sv skaft (handle) · ta பிடி (handle) · ru черено́к (handle) · ru рукоя́тка (handle) · tl landa (handle) · nl handvat (handle) · fi kahva (handle) · es empuñadura (handle) · he קת (handle) · nl greep (handle) · it manopola (handle) · sv handtag (handle) · ta கைப்பிடி (handle) · it ansa (handle) · gd lurgann (handle) · ka ვადა (handle) · gl mango (handle) · gl puño (handle) · it elsa (handle) · gl cabo (handle) · la manubrium (handle) · nl heft (handle) · gl empuñadura (handle) · ko 손잡이 (handle) · ko 자루 (handle) · pt cabo (handle) · fi varsi (handle) · mn бариул (handle) · it maniglia (handle) · km ដង (handle) · it presa (handle) · ta காம்பு (handle) · nl handgreep (handle) · de Heft (handle) · it coccia (handle) · es asidero (handle) · grc λαβή (handle) · bg дръжка (handle) · it guardamano (handle) · ru ру́чка (handle) · it impugnatura (handle) · he ידית (handle)

haft en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /hɑːft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /hæft/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

haftable

Translations (6)

gl mangar (fit a handle) · gl manchar (fit a handle) · bg слагам дръжка (fit a handle) · sv skafta (fit a handle) · nl er een handvat aanzetten (fit a handle) · nl vatten (fit a handle)

haft en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /hɑːft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /hæft/ (General-American)

Etymology

See heft (etymology 3).

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative) 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”).
   alt of heft

Forms

haft en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /hɑːft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /hæft/ (General-American)

Etymology

See heft (etymology 3).

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive) 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”)
   alt of heft
   • […] I hae heard him say, that the root of the matter was mair deeply hafted in that wild muirland parish than in the Canogate of Edinburgh. 1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter II, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 28:

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