Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hatiʀu, originally the fossilised plural of a z-stem noun; related to Middle High German hāȥ, hæȥ, hæȥe (garment, clothing),[1] from Proto-West Germanic *hāt (garment, clothing).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxæ.te.ru/, [ˈhæ.te.ru]

Noun

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hæteru n pl

  1. clothing[2]

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ hatter, n.1”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2017.
  2. ^ Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hæteru”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I  [1], Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.