Hafetian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hafetian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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
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