heaf

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === heaf (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted; a heft. === Verb === heaf (third-person singular simple present heafs, present participle heafing, simple past and past participle heafed) (Northern England) (of farm animals, especially a flock of sheep) To become accustomed to and attached to an area of mountain pasture, seldom straying from it. === Anagrams === HEFA, HFEA, hafe == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑːf/, [hæ͜ɑːf] Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːf === Noun === hēaf m alternative form of hēof