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haaf
Part of speech: AdjectivePert. to the deep- sea fishing off the Orkney and Shetland Islands- called the haaf- fishing.
Usage examples "haaf":- 7966. You don't go to the haaf? - "Second Shetland Truck System Report", William Guthrie.
- Some of the boats will be leaving for the haaf even now, and as they run past Boden, I am sure one of them will put in there with my letter. - "Viking Boys", Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby.
- A great deal of time would have been lost if the haaf- boat had carried him into Boden voe, so Tom good- naturedly requested to be put ashore at the nearest point, determined to walk across the island to Moolapund. - "Viking Boys", Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby.