Hafast

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hafast Old Icelandic word can mean:

hafast

v. refl. to dwell, abide;

hafast

þeir höfðust mjök í ferðum, they spent much of their life in travelling;

hafast

~ vel, to do well, thrive (vaxa ok vel ~);

hafast

~ at, to do;

hafast

Lambi sá hvat Steinarr hafðist at, what he was doing;

hafast

~ við, to dwell, stay (hér mun ek við ~);

hafast

~ vel við, to bear oneself well up;

hafast

~ orð við, to speak to one another.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚠᛅᛋᛏ