eldertongue

Old English · verb

halettan

Normalised hālettan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈxɑː.let.tɑn/
[ˈhɑː.let.tɑn]
Syllables
ˈxɑː · let · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
salutegreethail

Meaning

  1. to hail, salute, greet

    Sum man hine hālette and grētte and hine be his naman nemde

    A certain man hailed and greeted him and called him by his name

Conjugation

Conjugation of halettan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hālettehālette
2nd singular hāletsthālettest
3rd singular hāletthālethālette
Plural hālettaþhāletton
Subjunctive
Singular hālettehālette
Plural hālettenhāletten
Non-finite forms of halettan
Form
Infinitive hālettan
Inflected infinitive hālettenne
Imperative singular hālete
Imperative plural hālettaþ
Present participle hālettende
Past participle hāletedġehāletedhālettġehāletthāletġehālet

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hailattjan, *hailittjan, *hailuttjan, from Proto-Germanic *hailatjaną, *hailitjaną, *hailutjaną (verbal suffix). From hāl + -ettan.

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