/ˈheɪvən/
OriginFrom Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Norwegian/Danish havn, Swedish hamn, French havre), from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf (“sea”), German Haff (“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf (“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pnós (compare Old Irish cúan (“harbor, recess, haven”)). Doublet of abra.
- datedA harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
“And the stately ships go on / To their haven under the hill;”
- A safe place.
“Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.”
- A peaceful or tranquil place.
- To put into, or provide with a haven.
- form-of, obsolete, plural, presentplural simple present of have
“And they that occupye them bene in moche ſauegarde, and hauen greate conſolacyon, and bene the readyer vnto all goodnes, the ſlower to all euyll, and yf they haue done any thing amyſe, anone euen by t”
“For Lord, what charity hauen such men of religion, that knowen how they mowen against and sinne, and fleen awat from their brethren that bene more vncunning then they ben, and suffren thē to trauelen ”
“The craftie Badger, the Watry Otter / Whome Howndes purſue, till they hauen got her / Theſe Beaſtes been of higheſt Regard and Price / To pleaſure Princes and to murder vice.”
- A surname.
- A unisex given name of modern usage.
- A city in Reno County, Kansas.
- A township in Sherburne County, Minnesota, named after John Ormsbee Haven.
- A hamlet in Sullivan County, New York.
- A ghost town in Grant County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Mosel, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- A town in the Rural City of Horsham, Victoria, Australia.
Formshavens(plural) · havens(present, singular, third-person) · havening(participle, present) · havened(participle, past) · havened(past)