hatan

See also: hátán and hat an

Gothic

Romanization

hatan

Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːtɑn/

Verb

hātan

to order, command
to call or name
(intransitive) to be called or named

Conjugation

Conjugation of hātan (strong class 7)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	hātan	tō hātanne
1st-person singular	hāte, hātte, hātu	hēt, heht
2nd-person singular	hǣtst	hēte, hehte
3rd-person singular	hǣtt, hāte, hātte, hāteþ	hēt, heht
plural	hātaþ	hēton, hehton
subjunctive	present	past
singular	hāte	hēte, hehte
plural	hāten	hēten, hehten
imperative
singular	hāt
plural	hātaþ
participle	present	past
	hātende	hāten

Derived terms

Derived terms

āhātan (“to call, name”)
behātan (“to swear, promise, threaten”)

forhātan (“to forswear, renounce”)

ġehātan (“to call, name”)

onhātan (“to promise”)

Related terms

andettan (“to confess, acknowledge”)
behāt (“a promise, oath”)
behātland (“the promised land”)
behǣs (“a self behest, a self command”)
forhātena (“an ill-named person, scoundrel”)
ġehāt (“a promise, oath”)
ġehātland (“the promised land”)
hāt (“a promise, oath”)
hāte (“a bidding, calling, invitation”)
hǣs (“a command, hest, or behest”)
nīdhǣs (“a command under compulsion”)
wīnhāte (“a feast, party”)

Descendants

English: hote, hete, hight

References

Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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