Noun: hæfen
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | hæfen |
| Plural | hæfena; hæfene |
Genitive
| Singular | hæfene |
| Plural | hæfena |
Dative
| Singular | hæfene |
| Plural | hæfenum |
Accusative
| Singular | hæfene |
| Plural | hæfena; hæfene |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like hæfen
hwistlung,
serfis,
beofung,
ypping,
leornung,
syfling,
fyrding,
herebeorg,
hlacerung,
hæftnung,
setlung,
delfing,
feldwyrt,
cnyssung,
feltwyrt,
predicung,
samnung,
bisgung,
feormung,
brytsen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. As this word is only attested beginning in the 11th century and displays /a/ even in Middle English dialects where Old English /æ/ develops into /ɛ/, it is likely borrowed from Old Norse hǫfn, though inheritance from Proto-West Germanic *habanu cannot be ruled out.
2. Both potential etymons are from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō, itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. See: Old Norse Nouns '
hǫfn'.
Verbs referencing "hæfen"
English Nouns
haven, Middle English Nouns
havene.
Translations