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haft

  [haft, hahft]
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–noun
1. a handle, esp. of a knife, sword, or dagger.
–verb (used with object)
2. to furnish with a haft or handle; set in a haft.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE hæft handle, lit., that which is taken, grasped; c. L captus, G Heft han-dle
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haft   (hāft)   
n.  A handle or hilt, especially the handle of a tool or weapon.
tr.v.   haft·ed, haft·ing, hafts
To fit into or equip with a hilt or handle.

[Middle English, from Old English hæft; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

haft 
O.E. hæft "handle," related to hæft "fetter," from P.Gmc. *haftjom (cf. Du. hecht, O.H.G. hefti, Ger. Heft "handle;" see capable). Etymologists connect this word either with the root of have or that of heave.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Haft

a handle as of a dagger (Judg. 3:22).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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