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hǽtu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hǽtu, hǽto; indecl; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§383; §563;
Heat
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  • Hǽtu

    calor,

      Ælfc. Gr. 4, 26.
  • Þridde ágennys is seó hǽtu

    the third property is the heat,

      Homl. Th. ii. 606, 13, 18.
  • Þýstro and hǽto

    darkness and heat,

      Cd. 21; Th. 25, 6; Gen. 389 : Bt. Met. Fox 20,146; Met. 20, 73.
  • Hǽto

    æstus,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 12.
  • Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto sý gebysgod

    if the body be troubled anywhere with heavy inflammation,

      Herb. 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 8.
  • Unácumendlíce hǽtu þrowiaþ and unásecgendlíce cýle

    they suffer intolerable heat and unspeakable cold,

      Homl. Th. i. 532, 1.
Etymology
[O. Frs. héte; f : O. H. Ger. heizi, heiz; f. æstus, fervor : O. Sax. hét; n.]
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v. hǽte.
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v.  hǽte.
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  • hǽtu, n.