ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ

Proto-Norse

Photograph of the Trollhättan II bracteate.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haitai, 1st singular passive indicative of *haitaną.

Verb

ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ (haite /haitē/) (1st singular passive)

1. I am called
   • 400s-500s, inscription on the Trollhättan II bracteate (IK 639)

     ᛖ[ᚴ]ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ ᛫ ᛗᚨᚱᛁᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ ᛫ ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏᚨᛚᚨᚦᛟ ᛫
     e[k]erilaʀ ᛫ mariþeubaʀhaite ᛫ wraitalaþo ᛫

     ek erilaʀ, Mariþeubaʀ haitē, wraita laþō

     I, the Erilaz, [who] am called sea/glory-thief, wrote an invitation.

Related terms

• ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ (haitinaʀ) (past participle)

Descendants

• Old Norse: heita, hæita; haita
  • Icelandic: heita
  • Faroese: eita, heita
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heita
  • Old Swedish: hēta
    • Swedish: heta
  • Old Danish: hetæ
    • Danish: hedde, hede
      • Norwegian Bokmål: hete
  • Old Gutnish: haita