hasp

From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-West Germanic *haspijā, from Proto-Germanic *haspijǭ, *hapsijǭ (“hasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“to bend; crook”).

Cognate with Middle Dutch haspe, Middle Low German haspe, hespe, German Low German Haspel (“spindle of yarn”), German Häspe, Danish haspe, Swedish hasp, Icelandic hespa (“clamp; hasp; skein of yarn”).

• IPA^(key): /hæsp/, /hɑːsp/

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hasp (plural hasps)

1. A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
3. Alternative form of hesp (“measure of linen thread”).
4. An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.

hasp (third-person singular simple present hasps, present participle hasping, simple past and past participle hasped)

1. (transitive) To shut or fasten with a hasp.

• HAPs, psha, Shap, pash, Saph, Phas, ASHP, PAHs, haps, HSAP, PHAs, SAHP, HSPA, pahs

hasp f sg

1. h-prothesized form of asp

From Old Norse hasp, a variant of hespa.

hasp c

1. a hasp, a latch, a primitive locking mechanism in the form of a hook

   Så kan det gå när inte haspen är på

   That's what can happen when the hasp isn't on

Could be described as a small hake (“hook”).

• så kan det gå när inte haspen är på

• hasp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hasp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hasp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)