hævde

Danish

/hɛvdə/

verb

Definitions

to claim demand for oneself
to claim, maintain, insist, assert, allege make an assertion

Etymology

Inherited from Old Danish hæfthæ inherited from Old Norse hefða (acquire prescriptive rights).

Origin

Old Norse

hefða

Gloss

acquire prescriptive rights

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
hävda Swedish
hevda Norwegian Nynorsk
hefð Old Norse
hefða Old Norse
hævd Danish
hæfthæ Old Danish

hævd