hætt

See also: hätt

Old English

Alternative forms

• hæt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xætt/, [hæt]

Noun

hætt m

1. hat

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
• → Welsh: het

References

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