Participles
| Present | hæbbende |
| Past | (ġe)hæfd |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | hæbbe |
| 2nd sing. | hæfst |
| 3rd sing. | hæfþ |
| 1st plur. | habbaþ |
| 2nd plur. | habbaþ |
| 3rd plur. | habbaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | hæfde |
| 2nd sing. | hæfdest |
| 3rd sing. | hæfde |
| 1st plur. | hæfdon |
| 2nd plur. | hæfdon |
| 3rd plur. | hæfdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | hæbbe |
| 2nd sing. | hæbbe |
| 3rd sing. | hæbbe |
| 1st plur. | hæbben |
| 2nd plur. | hæbben |
| 3rd plur. | hæbben |
Past
| 1st sing. | hæfde |
| 2nd sing. | hæfde |
| 3rd sing. | hæfde |
| 1st plur. | hæfden |
| 2nd plur. | hæfden |
| 3rd plur. | hæfden |
Imperative
| Singular | hafa |
| Plural | habbaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'habban'
habban,
Verbs similar to 'habban'
ahabban,
hebban,
nabban,
æthabban,
ahebban,
behabban,
gehabban,
hadian,
haldan,
harian,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“take, seize”).
2. Cognate with Old Frisian hebba, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German habēn, Old Norse hafa, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban), Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap (“grip”), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ), Lithuanian kàpteleti. See: Proto-Germanic '
*habjaną', Old Saxon '
hebbian', Old Norse '
hafa', Latin '
capere', Albanian '
kap', Russian '
ха́пать'.
Verbs referencing "habban"
English
have, English
hobnob, German, old spelling
haben, Middle English
haven, Old Norse
hafa, English
have to.
Sample Sentences
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oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,
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wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,
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hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,
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þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena. (or friendless me would soothe,
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allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,
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how tough is sorrow as a companion,
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to whom little has dear confidants for himself.) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
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early 12th century, the Peterborough Chronicle
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Þās þing wē habbaþ be him ġewriten. (We have written these things about him.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:36 (Then Jacob, their father, said, "You have made me childless. I don't have Joseph and Simeon is in chains; now you're taking Benjamin from me.")
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c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
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Wē habbaþ nū declīnod þā eahta frumcennedan pronomia. (We have now declined the eight primitive pronouns.)
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The Gospel of St. Luke
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Iċ hæbbe þē tō seċġenne sum ðing (I have to say something to you.)
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Laws of King Ine
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Ġif ġesīþcund mon fare, þonne mōt hē habban his ġerēfan mid him ⁊ his smiþ ⁊ his ċildfestran. (If a noble man should move, then he may keep his reeve and his smith and his children's nurse with him.)