"habban" meaning in Old English

See habban in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈxɑb.bɑn/, [ˈhɑb.bɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“take, seize”). Cognate with Old Frisian hebba, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German habēn, Old Norse hafa, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban), Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap (“grip”), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ), Lithuanian kàpteleti. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*habbjan}} Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*habjaną}} Proto-Germanic *habjaną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*keh₂p-||take, seize}} Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“take, seize”), {{cog|ofs|hebba}} Old Frisian hebba, {{cog|osx|hebbian}} Old Saxon hebbian, {{cog|goh|habēn}} Old High German habēn, {{cog|non|hafa}} Old Norse hafa, {{cog|got|𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban), {{cog|la|capere}} Latin capere, {{cog|sga|cacht}} Old Irish cacht, {{cog|sq|kap||grip}} Albanian kap (“grip”), {{cog|ru|ха́пать}} Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ), {{cog|lt|kàpteleti}} Lithuanian kàpteleti Head templates: {{ang-verb}} habban Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|habban<w3>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], habban [infinitive], hæbbenne [infinitive], hæbbe [first-person, present, singular], hæfde [first-person, past, singular], hæfst [present, second-person, singular], hæfdest [past, second-person, singular], hæfþ [present, singular, third-person], hæfde [past, singular, third-person], habbaþ [plural, present], hæfdon [past, plural], hæbbe [present, singular], hæfde [past, singular], hæbben [plural, present], hæfden [past, plural], hafa [imperative, past, present, singular], habbaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], hæbbende [imperative, present], hæfd [imperative, past], ġehæfd [imperative, past]
  1. to have, possess
    Sense id: en-habban-ang-verb-AMc3xmct
  2. (auxiliary) have (used with a past participle to express the perfect tense) Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-habban-ang-verb-SBaHOgv8 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 36 4 30 30
  3. (catenative) have to (+ to-infinitive) Tags: catenative
    Sense id: en-habban-ang-verb-9eehJQ6i Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 36 4 30 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hæbban Related terms: *hafol, hæft, hebban, hefiġ

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "æthabban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "behabban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "forhabban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "oferhabban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ofhabban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onhabban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "searuhæbbend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wiþerhabban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wiþhabban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ymbhabban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "āhabban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġehabban"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "haven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: haven, have, haav, haf, hafe, haben, habben, heven, hawe, han, haan, ha\nEnglish: have (-'ve, -a)\nScots: hae, ha, hiv, have, hawe (-a)\nYola: ha, have",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: haven, have, haav, haf, hafe, haben, habben, heven, hawe, han, haan, ha\nEnglish: have (-'ve, -a)\nScots: hae, ha, hiv, have, hawe (-a)\nYola: ha, have"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*habbjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *habbjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*habjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *habjaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*keh₂p-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "take, seize"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“take, seize”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "hebba"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian hebba",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "hebbian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon hebbian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "habēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German habēn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hafa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hafa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "capere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin capere",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cacht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cacht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "kap",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grip"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian kap (“grip”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ха́пать"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "kàpteleti"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian kàpteleti",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“take, seize”).\nCognate with Old Frisian hebba, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German habēn, Old Norse hafa, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban), Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap (“grip”), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ), Lithuanian kàpteleti.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habban",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæbbenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habbaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæbben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habbaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæbbende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġehæfd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "habban",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "habban<w3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "*hafol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hæft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hebban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hefiġ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "or friendless me would soothe,\nallure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,\nhow tough is sorrow as a companion,\nto whom little has dear confidants for himself.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,\nwēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,\nhū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,\nþām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have, possess"
      ],
      "id": "en-habban-ang-verb-AMc3xmct",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "possess",
          "possess"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 4 30 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We have written these things about him.",
          "text": "early 12th century, the Peterborough Chronicle\nÞās þing wē habbaþ be him ġewriten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then Jacob, their father, said, \"You have made me childless. I don't have Joseph and Simeon is in chains; now you're taking Benjamin from me.\"",
          "roman": "Þā cwæþ Iācōb heora fæder, \"Bearnlēasne ġē habbaþ mē ġedōnne. Næbbe iċ Iōsēp and Simeon is on bendum; nū ġē nimaþ Beniamin æt mē.\"",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:36",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "We have now declined the eight primitive pronouns.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice\nWē habbaþ nū declīnod þā eahta frumcennedan pronomia.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "have (used with a past participle to express the perfect tense)"
      ],
      "id": "en-habban-ang-verb-SBaHOgv8",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "perfect tense",
          "perfect tense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) have (used with a past participle to express the perfect tense)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 4 30 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have to say something to you.",
          "text": "The Gospel of St. Luke\nIċ hæbbe þē tō seċġenne sum ðing",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "have to (+ to-infinitive)"
      ],
      "id": "en-habban-ang-verb-9eehJQ6i",
      "links": [
        [
          "have to",
          "have to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(catenative) have to (+ to-infinitive)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "catenative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxɑb.bɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɑb.bɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hæbban"
    }
  ],
  "word": "habban"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 3 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "æthabban"
    },
    {
      "word": "behabban"
    },
    {
      "word": "forhabban"
    },
    {
      "word": "oferhabban"
    },
    {
      "word": "ofhabban"
    },
    {
      "word": "onhabban"
    },
    {
      "word": "searuhæbbend"
    },
    {
      "word": "wiþerhabban"
    },
    {
      "word": "wiþhabban"
    },
    {
      "word": "ymbhabban"
    },
    {
      "word": "āhabban"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġehabban"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "haven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: haven, have, haav, haf, hafe, haben, habben, heven, hawe, han, haan, ha\nEnglish: have (-'ve, -a)\nScots: hae, ha, hiv, have, hawe (-a)\nYola: ha, have",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: haven, have, haav, haf, hafe, haben, habben, heven, hawe, han, haan, ha\nEnglish: have (-'ve, -a)\nScots: hae, ha, hiv, have, hawe (-a)\nYola: ha, have"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*habbjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *habbjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*habjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *habjaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*keh₂p-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "take, seize"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“take, seize”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "hebba"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian hebba",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "hebbian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon hebbian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "habēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German habēn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hafa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hafa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "capere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin capere",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cacht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cacht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "kap",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grip"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian kap (“grip”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ха́пать"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "kàpteleti"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian kàpteleti",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“take, seize”).\nCognate with Old Frisian hebba, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German habēn, Old Norse hafa, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban), Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap (“grip”), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ), Lithuanian kàpteleti.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habban",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæbbenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habbaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæbben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habbaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæbbende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæfd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġehæfd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "habban",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "habban<w3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "*hafol"
    },
    {
      "word": "hæft"
    },
    {
      "word": "hebban"
    },
    {
      "word": "hefiġ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "or friendless me would soothe,\nallure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,\nhow tough is sorrow as a companion,\nto whom little has dear confidants for himself.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,\nwēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,\nhū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,\nþām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have, possess"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "possess",
          "possess"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English auxiliary verbs",
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We have written these things about him.",
          "text": "early 12th century, the Peterborough Chronicle\nÞās þing wē habbaþ be him ġewriten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then Jacob, their father, said, \"You have made me childless. I don't have Joseph and Simeon is in chains; now you're taking Benjamin from me.\"",
          "roman": "Þā cwæþ Iācōb heora fæder, \"Bearnlēasne ġē habbaþ mē ġedōnne. Næbbe iċ Iōsēp and Simeon is on bendum; nū ġē nimaþ Beniamin æt mē.\"",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:36",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "We have now declined the eight primitive pronouns.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice\nWē habbaþ nū declīnod þā eahta frumcennedan pronomia.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "have (used with a past participle to express the perfect tense)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "perfect tense",
          "perfect tense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) have (used with a past participle to express the perfect tense)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have to say something to you.",
          "text": "The Gospel of St. Luke\nIċ hæbbe þē tō seċġenne sum ðing",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "have to (+ to-infinitive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have to",
          "have to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(catenative) have to (+ to-infinitive)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "catenative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxɑb.bɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɑb.bɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hæbban"
    }
  ],
  "word": "habban"
}

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