Haste

Haste
This interesting and uncommon name is of Old French origin, and is one of that group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These were acquired in the first instance with reference to a person's physical attributes or peculiarities, or to mental and moral characteristics. In the case of the surname Haste, lso found as Hast, Hasty and Hastie, the nickname was for a noticeably brisk, speedy or impetuous person, derived from the Old French "hasti", quick, a derivative of the Old French "haste", swiftness; the term was introduced into England and Scotland after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The first of the name to be recorded in Scotland were Robert and John Hasty, tenants of Herthornhill in 1376; examples of the name from English Church Registers include: the christening of Johane, daughter of Richarde Haste, on August 3rd 1555, at Attleborough, Norfolk, and the marriage of Thomas Haste and Elizabeth Moorcocke in Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, on July 5th 1573. Interestingly, the surname was reintroduced into England by French Huguenot refugees during the late 17th and 18th Centuries; in London, the christening of Jean Jacques, son of Jacques Haste, was recorded at La Patente French Huguenot Church, Spitalfields, on September 1st 1759. A Coat of Arms granted to a Haste family of Brittany depicts three red martlets on a silver shield. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Hastif, which was dated 1202, in the "Curia Regis Rolls of Wiltshire", during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • hasté — hasté …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • haste — n Haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch are comparable when meaning quickness or swiftness in movement or in action. Haste implies quickness or swiftness in persons rather than in machines, vehicles, or methods of transportation; thus, a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • hasté — hasté, ée [ aste ] adj. • 1789; de hast ♦ Bot. Qui a la forme d un fer de lance. Feuilles hastées. ● haste nom féminin (latin hasta) Lance dont étaient dotés dans la légion les triarii. ● haste …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • haste — hasté, ée [ aste ] adj. • 1789; de hast ♦ Bot. Qui a la forme d un fer de lance. Feuilles hastées. ● haste nom féminin (latin hasta) Lance dont étaient dotés dans la légion les triarii. ● haste (homonymes) nom féminin ( …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • haste — HASTE. s. f. (L H s aspire.) Precipitation, promptitude. La haste, la grande haste avec laquelle il fait toutes choses, est cause qu il ne fait jamais rien d achevé. L usage le plus ordinaire de ce mot est, ou de se construire avec le verbe Avoir …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Haste — (h[=a]st), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h[^a]te (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See {Hate}.] 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • haste — 1. (ha st ) s. f. 1°   Terme d antiquité. Longue lance. 2°   Terme de numismatique. Javelot sans fer ou sceptre long, qui est l attribut des divinités bienfaisantes. 3°   Terme d épigraphie. La barre verticale dans les F, les P, les R, etc. Les… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • haste — [heıst] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Frenc] 1.) great speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time = ↑hurry ▪ I soon regretted my haste. in your haste to do sth ▪ In his haste to leave, he forgot his briefcase. 2.) in …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • haste — [ heıst ] noun uncount FORMAL great speed in doing something because of limited time: in someone s haste to do something: In my haste to escape, I tripped over a fallen branch. haste makes waste used for saying that if you do something too… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • haste — [hāst] n. [ME < OFr < Frank * haist, violence, akin to OE hæst < IE base * k̑eibh , quick, violent > Sans s̍ibham, quick] 1. the act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity 2. the act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly [haste… …   English World dictionary

  • Haste — Haste, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Hasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hasting}.] [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. h[^a]ter. See {Haste}, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] I ll haste the writer …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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