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Haye

//heɪ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
A shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish).
"They have of Hayens or Tuberons which devour men, especially such as fish for Pearles."
2
Obsolete spelling of hay (“grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder”). alt-of, obsolete
"14. In marg.—"Jo. Turner." For mowinge and wininge* the haye in Barkholme, xxxj⁸. For mowinge and wininge the haye in Brampton parke, xxxiij⁸. vjᵈ."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Dutch haai (“shark”) or West Flemish haaie (formerly haeye), from the Old Norse hái, a short form of hákarl (“shark”) (a compound of há- (“marks fish of the shark kind”) + karl (“a man”)). The German Hai, the Swedish haj and the Danish haj are from the same source.

Etymology 2

See hay.

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