hætt

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Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hattuz, whence also Old Norse hattr.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hætt m

  1. hat
    Hē birþ hætt on his hēafde.
    He wears a hat on his head.
    Iċ leġde mīnne hætt on þone bēod.
    I placed my hat on the table.
    Se wer on þām sweartan hætte ġesōhte mē eft ġiestranniht.
    The man in the black hat paid me a visit again last night.

Declension[edit]

Declension of hætt (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hætt hættas
accusative hætt hættas
genitive hættes hætta
dative hætte hættum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: hat
  • → Welsh: het

References[edit]

  • hætt in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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