Dictionary:hava

Nynorn

Etymology

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Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

ha’e [hǣ, hɛ̄], vb., to have; a L.Scottish form. The word is used in Shetl. in some special Northern (O.N., Norn) exprs. corresponding to O.N. “hafa” or No. and Fær. hava; thus: 1) to bring; carry; move, to ha’e awa hem [‘away home’], in, ut, etc. Thus comm. O.N. hafa. 2) to talk; to spread a rumour; dey ha’e it, at . . .there is a rumour afloat, that . . .(Fe.); cf. O.N. hafa eitthvat, to remark about something, = hafa orð um eitthvat; Fær. hava á orði, á munni, to mention (hava á lofti, to pass from mouth to mouth). 3) in conn. with certain preps. and advs.: h. aff, h. awa, to move aside, = Fær. hava undan; h. anesell aff, awa, to be off; go away; move aside; h. dee aff (awa)! cf. Fær. hava seg burtur, frá, undan, to be off; go or move aside (O.N. hafa, to carry; remove, hafa sik, to move along). — h. against, a) to have an objection to, to bear animosity towards; b) to make objections; to contradict, = O.N. (Icel.) hafa ímóti, Fær. hava ímóti. — h. at ane: a) to find fault with someone; to reprimand; No. hava aat, to find fault with, also to chastise, punish, Fær. hava at einun, to reprimand; b) in the expr., h. dee at dee! move a little! = had dee at dee! cf. prec. “h. aff, awa.” — h. frae, to set off from the shore, — Fær. hava frá. — h. op: a) to lift; raise, — O.N. hafa upp; b) to introduce a subject; to mention, also to spread a rumour (see prec. ha’e 2); h. op again, to repeat; hark back upon; O.N. hafa upp, to disclose, mention, No. hava upp atter, Fær. hava upp attur, to hark back; repeat. — h. somet’in’ wi’ ane, to remark upon or find fault with, — Fær. hava við einun.

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Verb

hava

1. have

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Synonyms

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