Middle English Dictionary Entry
haften v.
Entry Info
| Forms | haften v. Also heften. |
| Etymology | From haft n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To provide (a weapon, tool, etc.) with a handle; ?also, make handles; ppl. hafted, having a handle, having a handle (of a certain kind) [see ballok 2].
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)232 : Heftyde: Manubriatus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)235 : Helvyn, or heftyn: Manubrio.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)105 : She plauntede the hegge..for to take ther of yerdes and baleys and for to hafte [F enmanchier] ther with hire mailettes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)62a : To hefte or to make heftes: manubriare.