halettan

Old English

Alternative forms

• hǣlettan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hailattjan, *hailittjan, *hailuttjan, from Proto-Germanic *hailatjaną, *hailitjaną, *hailutjaną (verbal suffix). From hāl +‎ -ettan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑː.let.tɑn/, [ˈhɑː.let.tɑn]

Verb

hālettan

1. to hail, salute, greet
   • Sum man hine hālette and grētte and hine be his naman nemde

     A certain man hailed and greeted him and called him by his name

   • Iohannes hālette on hie mycelre stefne

     John saluted her with a great voice

Usage notes

• Objects or pronouns were often used with the preposition on.
• This was never used as a greeting or invocation like modern English hail, for this wes hāl (wassail), bēo hāl or bēo gesund were used, and ēalā was also used for invocations.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hālettan (weak class 1)

infinitive	hālettan	hālettenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	hālette	hālette
second person singular	hāletst	hālettest
third person singular	hālett, hālet	hālette
plural	hālettaþ	hāletton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hālette	hālette
plural	hāletten	hāletten
imperative
singular	hālete
plural	hālettaþ
participle	present	past
	hālettende	(ġe)hāleted, (ġe)hālett, (ġe)hālet

Derived terms

• hālettung
• hālettend