Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Haven

Haven (hā"v'n) , noun

[Anglo-Saxon hafene; akin to Dutch & LG. haven, German hafen, Middle High German habe, Danish havn, Icelandic hofn, Swedish hamn; akin to English have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave); or akin to Anglo-Saxon haf sea, Icelandic & Swedish haf, Danish hav, which is perh. akin to English heave.]

1.
A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
What shipping and what lading 's in our haven. — Shakespeare
Their haven under the hill. — Tennyson
2.
A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. — Shakespeare
The haven, or the rock of love. — Waller

Haven , transitive verb

To shelter, as in a haven. — Keats