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Old English · verb

hatan

Normalised hātan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 7 Anglian
IPA
/ˈxɑː.tɑn/
[ˈhɑː.tɑn]
Syllables
ˈxɑː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
be calledhightorderscallcalledname

Meaning

  1. to call, name

  2. to order, command, give orders, bid

    Ælfrēd mec hēht ġewyrċan.

    Alfred ordered me to be made.

    c. 897, inscription on the Alfred Jewel

  3. to promise

  4. to be called

    c. 970, Exeter Riddle 16

    Guess what I am called

Conjugation

Conjugation of hatan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hātehātuhēthēht
2nd singular hǣtsthǣteshāteshētehēhte
3rd singular hǣtthǣthǣteþhāteþhēthēht
Plural hātaþhētonhēhton
Subjunctive
Singular hātehētehēhte
Plural hātenhātaþhētenhēhtenhēhtunhēhton
Non-finite forms of hatan
Form
Infinitive hātan
Inflected infinitive hātennehātanhātanne
Imperative singular hāt
Imperative plural hātaþ
Present participle hātende
Past participle hātenġehāten

All forms (26)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haitan (“to command, name”). Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian hēta, Old Saxon hētan, Old High German heizzan, Old Norse heita (Swedish heta), Gothic (haitan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κίειν (kíein, “put in motion”), Latin ciēre (“rouse, make active”) and Albanian cys (“to spur, set in motion”).

Descendants

hight

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