hætt
See also: hätt
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hattu, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz, whence also Old Norse hattr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hætt m
- hat
- late 9th century, Old English adaptation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Rōmāne hæfdon þā nīewlīċe ġesett þæt þā þe hætt beran mōston, þonne hīe hwelċ folc oferwunnen hæfdon, þæt þā mōston ǣġðer habban ġe feorh ġe frēodōm.
- The Romans had recently passed a law that whenever they conquered a people, anyone who was allowed to wear a hat could keep both their life and their freedom.
- late 9th century, Old English adaptation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension edit
Declension of hætt (strong a-stem)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hætt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.