Participles
| Present | hæftende |
| Past | (ġe)hæfted |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | hæfte |
| 2nd sing. | hæftest; hæfst; hæftst |
| 3rd sing. | hæfteþ; hæft |
| 1st plur. | hæftaþ |
| 2nd plur. | hæftaþ |
| 3rd plur. | hæftaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | hæfte |
| 2nd sing. | hæftest |
| 3rd sing. | hæfte |
| 1st plur. | hæfton |
| 2nd plur. | hæfton |
| 3rd plur. | hæfton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | hæfte |
| 2nd sing. | hæfte |
| 3rd sing. | hæfte |
| 1st plur. | hæften |
| 2nd plur. | hæften |
| 3rd plur. | hæften |
Past
| 1st sing. | hæfte |
| 2nd sing. | hæfte |
| 3rd sing. | hæfte |
| 1st plur. | hæften |
| 2nd plur. | hæften |
| 3rd plur. | hæften |
Imperative
| Singular | hæft |
| Plural | hæftaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'hæftan'
siftan,
fyrhtan,
plihtan,
sieltan,
ambehtan,
fulwihtan,
cræftan,
mieltan,
dihtan,
gyltan,
miltan,
myltan,
hentan,
hyrtan,
hæftan,
tyhtan,
stihtan,
styntan,
wieltan,
rihtan, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hæftan'
hætan,
æfnan,
bætan,
cræftan,
fæstan,
gæstan,
hælan,
hæman,
hænan,
hatan,
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną. Cognate with Old Norse hepta, Old High German heften, Old Saxon heftian, Old Frisian hefta, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (haftjan). Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *kap-; compare Old English hæft. See: Proto-Germanic '
*haftijaną', Old Saxon '
heftian'.
Sample Sentences
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Iċ sċeal þrāgbysiġ · þeġne mīnum,
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hringan hæfted, · hȳran ġeorne (Busy with time, I should keenly
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hearken my servant, grasped by rings,) [c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 4:]
Cognates
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