haver

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English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Scots haiver.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)

  1. (British) To hem and haw.
  2. (Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter.
    Synonyms: babble, haiver, maunder
    • 1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XIV, in Shrewsbury:
      To business, and no more havers.
    • 1988, The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles):
      And if I haver, yeah I know I’m gonna be / I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you.
    • 2004, James Campbell, “Boswell and Mrs. Miller”, in Wendy Lesser, editor, The Genius of Language, page 194:
      She havers on about her "faither" and "mirra" and the "wee wean," her child, and "hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby."

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Scots haver, from Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”). Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”) and German Hafer (“oat”).

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Noun

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haver (plural havers)

  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Oats (the cereal).
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Etymology 3

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From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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haver (plural havers)

  1. One who has something (in various senses).
    • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
      It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver: if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised.
    • 2012, Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite, page 186:
      Because abortion would no longer be an issue (except, again, in the case of criminal sex-havers), Democrats and republicans would stop fighting […]
    • 2018 July 23, Katy Waldman, “A Sociologist Examines the "White Fragility" That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism”, in New Yorker‎[1]:
      Yet, DiAngelo writes, white people cling to the notion of racial innocence, a form of weaponized denial that positions black people as the "havers" of race and the guardians of racial knowledge.
    • 2022 December 2, Tessa Flores, “What Our Shopping Editors Are Buying From Sephora's Holiday Sale”, in Huffington Post‎[2]:
      As a haver of eczema and chronically parched skin, I know I can always return to this nourishing formula that uses soothing colloidal oatmeal and allantoin as well as shea butter which works to protect the skin barrier.
  2. (law, Scotland) The person who has custody of a document.
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Etymology 4

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From Hebrew חבר.

Noun

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haver (plural haverim)

  1. Alternative form of chaver

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Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan haver, from Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

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Verb

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haver (first-person singular present he, first-person singular preterite haguí, past participle hagut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (as auxiliary)
haver (first-person singular present hec or hac, first-person singular preterite haguí, past participle hagut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (as full verb)

  1. (auxiliary) auxiliary verb to form compound tenses or perfect tenses, together with a past participle
    ho he fet jo
    I have done it
  2. (archaic) to have, to posess
    • 1399, Bernat Metge, Lo Somni:
      Pots haver clara conexença de què és purgatori.
      You can have clear understanding of what Purgatorium is.

Conjugation

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as auxiliary
    Conjugation of haver (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive haver
gerund havent
past participle masculine feminine
singular hagut haguda
plural haguts hagudes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present he has ha hem heu han
imperfect havia havies havia havíem havíeu havien
future hauré hauràs haurà haurem haureu hauran
preterite haguí hagueres hagué haguérem haguéreu hagueren
conditional hauria, haguera hauries, hagueres hauria, haguera hauríem, haguérem hauríeu, haguéreu haurien, hagueren
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present hagi hagis hagi hàgim hàgiu hagin
imperfect hagués haguessis hagués haguéssim haguéssiu haguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — — — — — —
negative (no) — — — — — —
as full verb
    Conjugation of haver (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive haver
gerund havent
past participle masculine feminine
singular hagut haguda
plural haguts hagudes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present hec, hac heus, haus heu, hau havem haveu heuen, hauen
imperfect havia havies havia havíem havíeu havien
future hauré hauràs haurà haurem haureu hauran
preterite haguí hagueres hagué haguérem haguéreu hagueren
conditional hauria hauries hauria hauríem hauríeu haurien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present hegui heguis hegui haguem hagueu heguin
imperfect hagués haguessis hagués haguéssim haguéssiu haguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — heu, hau hegui haguem haveu heguin
negative (no) — no heguis no hegui no haguem no hagueu no heguin

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Noun

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haver m (plural havers)

  1. a possession
  2. a credit

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Danish

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Noun

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haver c

  1. indefinite plural of have

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch havere, from Old Dutch *havara, from Proto-West Germanic *habrō, from Proto-Germanic *habrô. Cognate with Old Norse hafri, Old English haver, Old High German habaro.

Noun

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haver m (uncountable, diminutive havertje n)

  1. any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena
  2. (particularly) Avena sativa, the cereal oat
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general
varieties of oat and plant species resembling or named after oat
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  • Afrikaans: hawer
  • Jersey Dutch: hâver
  • →⇒ English: haversack
  • → Papiamentu: haver
  • → West Frisian: haver (dialectal)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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haver

  1. inflection of haveren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Galician

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Verb

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haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houvem or houve, past participle havido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of haber

Conjugation

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    Reintegrated conjugation of haver (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal haver
Personal haver haveres haver havermos haverdes haverem
Gerund
havendo
Past participle
Masculine havido havidos
Feminine havida havidas
Indicative
Present hei hás há, hai1,2 havemos havedes, haveis ham, hão
Imperfect havia havias havia havíamos havíades, havíeis, havíais2 haviam
Preterite houvem, houve houveste, houveche2 houvo, houve houvemos houvestes houvérom, houveram
Pluperfect houvera houveras houvera houvéramos houvérades, houvéreis, houvérais2 houveram
Future haverei haverás haverá haveremos haveredes, havereis haverám, haverão
Conditional haveria haverias haveria haveríamos haveríades, haveríeis, haveríais2 haveriam
Subjunctive
Present haja hajas haja hajamos hajades, hajais hajam
Imperfect houvesse houvesses houvesse houvéssemos houvéssedes, houvésseis houvessem
Future houver houveres houver houvermos houverdes houverem
Imperative
Affirmative há haja hajamos havede, havei hajam
Negative (nom) nom hajas nom haja nom hajamos nom hajades, nom hajais nom hajam

1Also impersonal.
2Less recommended.

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References

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  • “haver” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver), from Hebrew חבר (khaver, “friend”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒvɛr]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ver
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

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haver (plural haverok)

  1. (slang) pal, buddy, dude
    Synonyms: barát, cimbora, pajtás
  2. (derogatory) accomplice (partner in crime)
    Synonyms: cinkostárs, bűntárs

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative haver haverok
accusative havert haverokat
dative havernak haveroknak
instrumental haverral haverokkal
causal-final haverért haverokért
translative haverrá haverokká
terminative haverig haverokig
essive-formal haverként haverokként
essive-modal — —
inessive haverban haverokban
superessive haveron haverokon
adessive havernál haveroknál
illative haverba haverokba
sublative haverra haverokra
allative haverhoz haverokhoz
elative haverból haverokból
delative haverról haverokról
ablative havertól haveroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		haveré haveroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		haveréi haverokéi
Possessive forms of haver
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. haverom haverjaim
2nd person sing. haverod haverjaid
3rd person sing. haverja haverjai
1st person plural haverunk haverjaink
2nd person plural haverotok haverjaitok
3rd person plural haverjuk haverjaik

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References

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  1. ^ haver in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • haver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • haver in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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haver (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of havere
    • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Proemio [Introduction]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎[3], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page xviii:
      Humana coſa è haver compaſſione de gli afflitti
      It is human to have compassion for the troubled

Ladino

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Etymology

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From Hebrew חבר (khavér).

Noun

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haver m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling חאב׳יר, plural haverim)

  1. partner, comrade, associate

Further reading

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  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “ḥaƀer”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “javér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 253
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “haver”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 193

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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haver

  1. Alternative spelling of aver

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of haver (irregular)
infinitive simple haver
compound infinitive of haver + past participle
gerund simple havendo
compound gerund of haver + past participle
past participle1 singular plural
masculine havudo, havido havudos, havidos
feminine havuda, havida havudas, havidas
present participle havente haventes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mood eu
ei 		tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee 		nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outras
vos outros 		eles
elas
simple
tenses 		present hei, haio hás há, hai havemos havedes han
imperfect havia havias havia haviamos, havíamos haviades, havíades havian
preterite houve, houe houveste, houviste, *houvesche, houvische, *houveche, *houviche houve, houvo, *houe houvemos houvestes houveron
pluperfect houvera houveras houvera, hoera houveramos, houvéramos houverades, houvérades houveran
future haverei haverás haverá haveremos haveredes haverán
conditional haveria haverias haveria haveriamos, haveríamos haveriades, haveríades haverian
compound
tenses 		present perfect present of haver + past participle
present imperfect imperfect of haver + past participle
past anterior preterite of haver + past participle
pluperfect simple pluperfect of haver + past participle
future perfect future of haver + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of haver + past participle
subjunctive mood eu
ei 		tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee 		nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		eles
elas
simple
tenses 		present haja hajas haja hajamos hajades hajan
preterite houvesse houvesses houvesse houvéssemos houvéssedes houvessen
future houver, hoer houveres houver, houer, hoer houvermos, houermos houverdes houveren, houeren
compound
tenses 		present perfect present subjunctive of haver + past participle
pluperfect preterite subjunctive of haver + past participle
future perfect future subjunctive of haver + past participle
imperative mood — tu vossa mercee nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		—
affirmative — have, hávi *haja hajamos havede —
negative — non *hajas non *haja non hajamos non hajades —
personal infinitive eu
ei 		tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee 		nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		eles
elas
haver haveres haver havermos haverdes haveren

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to have, to hold, to possess”). Compare Galician haber. Cognate of Spanish haber, French avoir, and Italian avere.

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Verb

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haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houve, past participle havido)

  2. (auxiliary) shall; ought to; should (forms a future tense, with a modal sense of compromise) [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    Amanhã, hei de ver o filme.
    Tomorrow, I ought to watch the movie.
  4. (auxiliary) have; forms the perfect aspect [with masculine singular past participle]
    2. (formal, in the past tense) forms the past perfect
      Eu já havia entrado quando chegaste.
      I had already gotten in when you arrived.
    4. (in the present tense, archaic) forms the present perfect
      Hei estudado muito, nos últimos dias.
      I have been studying much, in these last days.
  6. (impersonal, transitive) there be; exist
    Há um banco aqui perto.
    There is a bank nearby.
    Synonym: (Brazil, Angola) ter
  8. (impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; to occur
    Houve um acidente na alameda.
    There was an accident in the avenue.
  10. (archaic, transitive) to have; to own; to possess
    Hei duas espadas.
    I have two swords.
  12. (Brazil, transitive) to recover; to regain (to obtain something that had been lost)
    Preciso de haver meu dinheiro.
    I need to recover my money.
    Synonym: reaver
  14. (pronominal) to behave (to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner)
  16. (impersonal, transitive) it has been ... since; ago (indicates the time since something occurred)
    Terminei a faculdade há um mês.
    It has been one month since I’ve finished college ~ I finished college one month ago.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of haver (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal haver
Personal haver haveres haver havermos haverdes haverem
Gerund
havendo
Past participle
Masculine havido havidos
Feminine havida havidas
Indicative
Present hei hás há havemos, hemos haveis, heis hão
Imperfect havia havias havia havíamos havíeis haviam
Preterite houve houveste houve houvemos houvestes houveram
Pluperfect houvera houveras houvera houvéramos houvéreis houveram
Future haverei haverás haverá haveremos havereis haverão
Conditional haveria haverias haveria haveríamos haveríeis haveriam
Subjunctive
Present haja hajas haja hajamos hajais hajam
Imperfect houvesse houvesses houvesse houvéssemos houvésseis houvessem
Future houver houveres houver houvermos houverdes houverem
Imperative
Affirmative há haja hajamos havei hajam
Negative (não) não hajas não haja não hajamos não hajais não hajam

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:haver.

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Noun

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haver m (plural haveres)

  1. credit
  2. (in the plural) belongings
  3. (in the plural) assets

Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“have, hold, possess”).

Verb

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haver

  1. (Sursilvan) to have

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of haver (Sursilvan)
infinitive haver
gerund havend
past participle giu
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
present hai, vai has ha havein, vein haveis, veis han
imperfect havavel, vevel havavas, vevas havava, veva havavan, vevan havavas, vevas havavan, vevan
future vegnel a haver vegns a haver vegn a haver vegnin a haver vegnis a haver vegnan a haver
conditional jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
direct present havess, vess havesses, vesses havess, vess havessen, vessen havesses, vesses havessen, vessen
indirect present havessi, vessi havessies, vessies havessi, vessi havessien, vessien havessies, vessies havessien, vessien
direct future vegness a haver vegnesses a haver vegness a haver vegnessen a haver vegnesses a haver vegnessen a haver
indirect future vegnessi a haver vegnessies a haver vegnessi a haver vegnessien a haver vegnessies a haver vegnessien a haver
subjunctive che jeu che ti ch'el/ch'ella che nus che vus ch'els/ch'ellas
present hagi hagies hagi haveien haveies hagien
past havevi, vevi havevies, vevies havevi, vevi havevien, vevien havevies, vevies havevien, vevien
future vegni a haver vegnies a haver vegni a haver vegnîen a haver vegnîes a haver vegnien a haver
imperative — ti — — vus —
hagies haveies, veies

Scots

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”).

Noun

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haver (uncountable)

  1. oats
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle haverin, simple past havert, past participle havert)

  1. Alternative form of haiver

Swedish

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Verb

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haver

  1. has, have; present indicative of hava, an older form of har

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