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haft¹

  • /hæft/ US
  • /hɑːft/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑːft, -æft

Where it comes from

From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.

noun hafts

  1. The handle of a tool or weapon. See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / […] / I'll bury to the haft, in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge.

    Similar: helve

verb hafts · hafting · hafted

  1. transitive To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon). Instead, they made finely crafted bone points to haft onto their spears, reserving the use of flint mostly for blades and scrapers.
  2. transitive To grip by the handle.

haft²

  • /hæft/ US
  • /hɑːft/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑːft, -æft

Where it comes from

See heft (etymology 3).

noun hafts

  1. Northern England, Scotland, alternative Alternative spelling of heft (“piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland”).

verb hafts · hafting · hafted

  1. Northern England, Scotland, alternative, ambitransitive Alternative spelling of heft (“(transitive) to accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland; to establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence; to establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; (intransitive, reflexive) of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place”) […] I hae heard him say, that the root of the matter was mair deeply hafted in that wild muirland parish than in the Canogate of Edinburgh.

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noun handle

Españolempuñadura, asidero
한국어손잡이 sonjabi, 자루 jaru
Portuguêscabo
DeutschHeft, Griff
Italianoelsa, coccia, impugnatura, guardamano, presa, ansa
Русскийру́чка rúčka, рукоя́тка rukojátka, черено́к čerenók
עבריתקת kat, ידית yadít

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@misc{haft_2026,
  title = {haft},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/haft},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}