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hæfte

Pronunciation: /hɛftə/

“hæfte” is a Danish word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mitigated imprisonment
  2. handle
  3. hilt
  4. fascicle, installment, part (section of a book issued or published separately)
  5. booklet, pamphlet
  6. notebook, exercise book

verb

  1. clip, fasten, fix, pin
  2. staple
  3. sew, stitch
  4. stick
  5. hæfte for – be liable for (bound or obliged in law or equity)

Etymology

* (imprisonment):, from Norwegian hefte. * (handle, hilt):, from Old Norse hepti. * (booklet):, from German Heft (“booklet”), from heften (“to fasten”).

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