hætt

See also: hätt

Old English

Alternative forms

• hæt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xætt/, [hæt]

Noun

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

Declension of hætt (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hætt	hættas
accusative	hætt	hættas
genitive	hættes	hætta
dative	hætte	hættum

Derived terms

• hættian

Descendants

• Middle English: hat
  • English: hat
  • Scots: hat
  • → Irish: hata

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hætt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.