hæfen

== Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxæ.fen/, [ˈhæ.ven] === 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. Both potential etymons are from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō, itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. ==== Alternative forms ==== hæfene, hæuene — weak ==== Noun ==== hæfen f (Late Old English) (sheltered) inlet; harbour, port ===== Declension ===== Strong ō-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: haveneEnglish: havenMiddle Scots: havin, havyn, hawin, heavinScots: hine, hyne → Welsh: hafn, hafan ===== References ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-Germanic *habīniz; equivalent to habban (“to have”) +‎ -en (abstract deverbal suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== hafon, heafen, hefen ==== Noun ==== hæfen f Possession; ownership [with genitive] Property, possessions. ===== Declension ===== Strong ō-stem: ===== Descendants ===== >? Middle English: haven, have >? English: have ===== References ===== Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hæfen1, hafon”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.