hasp

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-West Germanic *haspijā, from Proto-Germanic *haspijǭ, *hapsijǭ (“hasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“to bend; crook”). Cognate with Middle Dutch haspe, Middle Low German haspe, hespe, German Low German Haspel (“spindle of yarn”), German Häspe, Danish haspe, Swedish hasp, Icelandic hespa (“clamp; hasp; skein of yarn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hæsp/, /hɑːsp/ === Noun === hasp (plural hasps) A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on. Alternative form of hesp (“measure of linen thread”). An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hasp (third-person singular simple present hasps, present participle hasping, simple past and past participle hasped) (transitive) To shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === HAPs, psha, Shap, pash, Saph, Phas, ASHP, PAHs, haps, HSAP, PHAs, SAHP, HSPA, pahs == Irish == === Noun === hasp f sg h-prothesized form of asp == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hasp, a variant of hespa. === Noun === hasp c a hasp, a latch, a primitive locking mechanism in the form of a hook ==== Usage notes ==== Could be described as a small hake (“hook”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== så kan det gå när inte haspen är på ==== Related terms ==== === References === hasp in Svensk ordbok (SO) hasp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) hasp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)