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hátan

  • verb
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Grammar
hátan, p. hátte.
Wright's OE grammar
§125; §133; §161; §240; §474; §511; §512;
Add: : To be called so and so.
the complement a proper name
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  • Meroe hátte án ígland,

      Lch. iii. 258, 18. þý
    wege þe háte Appia, Bl. H. 193, 12.

  • In tún þone þe hátte (háta, L. ) Gezemani

    in uillam quae dicitur Gesemani,

      Mt. R. 26, 36.

  • On þǽre ðióde þe Deira hátte, swíþe neáh þǽre byrig ðe mon nú hǽt Babilonia,

      Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 20.

  • Mid Latinus wífe Lucrettie hátte,

      Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 31.

  • Themestocles hátte Atheniensa ládteów,

      2, 5; S. 82, 13.

  • Marcus þe óþre noman hátte Curtius,

      3, 3; S. 102, 30: 3, 6 ; S. 108, 24.

  • Hé þǽm munte gesette þone ilcan naman swá swá hé hátte,

      Bl. H. 197, 29.

  • Under þǽm twǽm consulum Tita and Publia hátton,

      Ors. 2, 4 ; S. 70, 8.
the complement the title of a book
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  • On ðǽre béc ðe

    Morales

    hátte,
      Past. 107, 18.

  • On bócum ðǽm ðe

    Ecclesiastis

    hátton,
      275, 16.
the complement a class noun
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  • Frige hwæt ic (

    an anchor

    ) hátte,
      Rä. 17, 10.

  • Se hearda stán, sé ðe aðamans hátte,

      Past. 271, 3.

  • Saga mé ðæt andweorc ðe Adam wæs of geworht. Ic ðé secge, of viii punda gewihte. Saga mé: hwæt hátton ðáge ? Ic ðé secge ðæt ǽroste wæs foldan pund . . . ,

      Sal. K. 180, 3-7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hátan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/51795.

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