haver

Meanings

Verb

• To hem and haw
• To talk foolishly; to chatter.

Noun

• oats (the cereal).
• One who has something; a possessor.
• The person who has custody of a document.

Related

Similar words

• holder
• possessor

Origin

• Borrowed from Scots haiver.
• Borrowed from Scots haver, from Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri ("oat, oats"), from Proto-Germanic *habrô ("oat, oats"), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- ("goat"). Cognate with Dutch haver ("oats"), cognate with German Hafer ("oat").
• From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have + -er.