Old English · noun
hete
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxe.te/[ˈhe.te]
- Syllables
- ˈxe · te (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- hatredhate
Meaning
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hatred
On þām ġewinne, ⁊ on moneġum oþrum æfter þǣm, Hannibal ġecȳþde þone nīþ ⁊ þone hete þe hē beforan his fæder ġeswōr, þā hē nigonwintre cniht wæs, þæt hē næfre ne wurde Rōmana frēond.
In that battle, and in many others after that, Hannibal proved the hatred and hostility that he swore before his father when he was a nine-year-old boy, that he would never become a friend of the Romans.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hati. Cognate with Old Saxon heti, Old High German haz, Old Norse hatr, Gothic (hatis).
Descendants
hate
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