havene

Danish

Noun

havene n

1. definite plural of hav

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hafen, haven
• avene, hafene, hafne, hafvene, have, hæfene (Early Middle English)
• havyn, hawyn (Late Middle English)
• havin, hawin, hawine, hawyne (Early Scots)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hæfen, hæfene, from either Old Norse hǫfn or Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habanō.

The final vowel is either generalised from the Old English oblique forms or continued from the n-stem variant hæfene, though disyllabic forms continuing the ō-stem nominative hæfen are common even in varieties with little apocope.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhav(ə)nə/, /ˈhaːvən/, /ˈhavən/

Noun

havene (plural havenes)

1. A harbour or port; a sheltered place suitable for the docking of a seaborne vessel.
2. (figuratively) A refuge, shelter, or sanctuary.

Descendants

• English: haven
• Middle Scots: havin, havyn, hawin, heavin
  • Scots: hine, hyne

References

• “hāven, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hava

Noun

havene n

1. definite plural of hav