Contionary:haven

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk hauen, from Old Skundavisk hauan, haban, from Halmisk ᚻᚨᛒᚨᚾ (haban), from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

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Verb

haven (irregular, third-person singular simple present hat, past tense hadde, past participle gehad, past subjunctive hædde, auxiliary haven)

  1. (transitive) to have, to possess, to own, to hold
    Si haven een skøn hous andlang the strand.
    They have a beautiful hous along the beach.
  2. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of most verbs
    Si hat genomen.
    She has taken.

Inflection

infinitive haven
present participle havend
past participle gehad
auxiliary haven
indicative subjunctive
present ik have wi haven ik have wi haven
thou hast ji haft thou hafst ji haft
hi, si, hit hat si, Si haven hi, si, hit have si, Si haven
preterit ik hadde wi hadden ik hædde wi hædden
thou haddest ji haddet thou hæddest ji hæddet
hi, si, hit hadde si, Si hadden hi, si, hit hædden si, Si hædden
imperative haf haft (ji)

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