hebbian

See also: Hebbian

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (to grasp, to seize).

Verb

hebbian

  1. to have
    haƀdun liudeo giuuald — they had the power of the people (Heliand, verse 59)
    that the gôdo gumo Iohannes te namon hebbean scoldi — that the good man should have Johannes as name (Heliand, verse 134)
    habdun hina bi handun — they had him in their hands (Genesis, verse 300)
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Middle Low German: hebben
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: hebben, hewwen
        • Westphalian:
          Münsterländisch: häbben, hävven
          Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: häwwen, häbben
          Sauerländisch: hewwen, häbben, hänn, hann
          Westmünsterländisch: häbben
    • Plautdietsch: haben

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (to grasp, to seize).

Verb

hebbian

  1. to lift, to raise up
    thuo man thena godes suno an thena galgon huof
    then we raised God's son up to the gallows (Heliand, verse 5623)
Alternative forms
  • heffian
Conjugation
Descendants
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