"Haf" is a word in ENGLISH

In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship …

Just hove clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor.

Sworn brothers or companions for the defense of their sovereign, or for other purposes. Hoved. 445

In maritime parlance and admiralty law. To stop a sailing vessel’s headway by bringing her head “into the wind,” that …

To hover around; to loiter; to lurk.

imp. & p. p. of Heave.

of Heave

To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.

of Heave