Hafetian

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

hafetian

to clap [as a bird with its wings, or a man with his hands], applaud :-- Ic hafetige plaudo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 28. Flódas hafettaþ hundum flumina plaudent manu, Ps. Spl. 97, 8. Ǽrðan ðe se hana hafitigende cráwe before the cock clapping its wings crow, Homl. Th. ii. 246, 4. hafetian