haye

Meanings

1. A shark (cartilaginous fish of Selachimorpha).

1. Obsolete spelling of hay (“grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder”).

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Dutch haai (“shark”) or West Flemish haaie (formerly haeye), from the Old Norse hái, a short form of hákarl (“shark”) (a compound of há- (“marks fish of the shark kind”) + karl (“a man”)). The German Hai, the Swedish haj and the Danish haj are from the same source.