hætt

See also: hätt

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hætt/, [hætt]

Noun

hætt m

  1. hat
    Hē birþ hætt on his hēafde.
    He wears a hat on his head.
    Iċ leġde mīnne hætt on þone bēod.
    I placed my hat on the table.
    Se wer on þām sweartan hætte ġesōhte mē eft ġiestranniht.
    The man in the black hat paid me a visit again last night.

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

Further reading
  • hætt in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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