Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (3)
(p hæfde; p.p. hæfed) to have; to possess, keep
Etymology
[Mod E HAVE ← Prot-Germ *haban; Goth haban; O Fris habba, hebba; O Sax hebbian; Dt hebben; OHG habēn (Mod G haben); Icel hafa ← Indo-Europ *kap-; cf Lat capiō “to take”; Lith kampt “to grasp”]
Paradigm
4.2.3. - 3rd class weak verbs
| III class | infinitive | past tense singular |
| to have; to possess | habban | hæfde |
| to say | secȝan | sæȝde, sǽde |
| to live, exist | libban | lifde |
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