hæfia
Old Swedish
verb
Definitions
- to lift, to heave
- to begin
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hefja inherited from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (have, lift, hold, take up, heave, lift heave).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*habjaną
Gloss
have, lift, hold, take up, heave, lift heave
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Cognates and derived terms
- heivata Finnish
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyé- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *habanaz Proto-Germanic
- *habjaną Proto-Germanic
- häva Swedish
- upphäva Swedish
- hevja Norwegian Nynorsk
- hevje Norwegian Nynorsk
- habban Old English
- hebban Old English
- hefeld Old English
- hafa Old Norse
- hefja Old Norse
- hæve Danish
- hefja Icelandic
- habēn Old High German
- havēn Old High German
- hevan Old High German
- hāben Old High German
- hevja Faroese
- 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *habbjan gmw-pro
- hebben Old Dutch
- heffen Old Dutch
- hebba Old Frisian