heft

Scots

noun
Definitions
  • A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
  • An animal that has become hefted thus.

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse hefð (possession, statute of limitations, prescriptive right, the act of having owning).

Origin

Old Norse

hefð

Gloss

possession, statute of limitations, prescriptive right, the act of having owning

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