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

1. 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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.