Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hætta, from Proto-Germanic *hanhitǭ, *hanhtijǭ, *hanhatjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (to waver, be suspended).

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Noun

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hauht (uncountable)

  1. Danger, peril.
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