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HÁTAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.
Wright's OE grammar
§125; §133; §161; §240; §474; §511; §512;
to bid, order, command,
with acc. and infin
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  • Drihten hwæt hǽtst ðú mé dón

    Lord, what dost thou bid me do?

      Past. 58; Swt. 443, 24.
  • Drihten háteþ ða eorþan eft ágifan ðæt heó ǽr onféng

    the Lord shall bid the earth give up what it received before,

      Blickl. Homl. 21, 30.
  • Mid ðam gemete wé hátaþ óðre men dón sum þingc

    with that mood [the imperative] we command other men to do something,

      Ælfc. Gr. 21; Som. 23, 23.
  • Hé héht englas him tó cuman and hie cóman

    he bade angels come to him and they came,

      181, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 729; An. 365.
  • Ðá hét hé mé on ðysne síþ faran

    then he bade me go on this journey,

      Cd. 25; Th. 32, 7; Gen. 499.
  • Hie hine héton ðæt áttor etan

    they bade him eat the poison,

      Blickl. Homl. 229, 17.
  • Mid ðý ðe ðú mé háte of mínum líchoman gewítan

    when thou shalt bid me depart from my body,

      139, 13.
  • Hát mé cuman tó ðé jube me venire ad te, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 28. (b) with infin. only :-- Ælfréd kyning háteþ grétan Wærferþ biscep and ðé cýðan háte

    king Alfred bids greet bishop Werferth; and I would that it should be known to you,

      Past. Pref; Swt. 3, 1-2.
  • Ic Elfréd dux hátu wrítan and cýðan an ðissum gewrite Elfréde regi

    I alderman Alfred order to be written and made known in this writing to king Alfred,

      Chart. Th. 480, 13.
  • Ðonne háteþ Sanctus Micahel bláwan ða feówer béman

    then St. Michael will order the four trumpets to be blown,

      Blickl. Homl. 95, 12.
  • Hǽt [Cot. hát] fealdan ðæt segl

    gives order to furl the sail,

      Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 14.
  • Ðá héht hé Simon infeccan beforan hine then he ordered that Simon should be brought in before him, Blickl. Homl. 175, 1: Andr. Kmbl. 2459; An. 1231: Chart. Th. 137, 6. (c) with a clause :-- Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú ðás gesyhþe secge mannum

    I command thee to tell this vision to men,

    Rood
      Kmbl. 187; Kr. 95.
  • Hé hǽt hine ðæt hé hine fealde swá swá bóc

    he shall bid it fold itself as a book,

      Ps. Th. 49, 5.
  • Ðé háteþ heofona cyning ðæt ðú onsende

    Heaven's king bids thee send,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3008; An. 1507.
  • Héht ðæt hé cuóme tó him

    he commanded that he should come to him,

      Chart. Th. 47, 11.
  • Hét ðæt ðú ǽte he bade that thou shouldst eat, Cd. 25; Th. 32, 8; Gen. 500. (d) without an object, or with acc. only :-- Gif ðú hǽtst ðonne mæg ic

    if thou biddest, then I can,

      Homl. Th. ii. 390, 31.
  • Wé dydon swá ðú ús héte

    we have done as thou didst command us,

    i.
      394, 21.
  • Ða mon sceal swá micle má hátan ðonne biddan those are to be so much the more commanded than entreated, Past. 26; Swt. 181, 21. (e) with a verb of motion omitted :-- Héht óðre dæge hie ealle þrý in beforan hine

    he commanded that next day they should all three come in before him,

      Blickl. Homl. 175, 18.
  • Ðá héht hé him tó ealle his discipulos

    he summoned to him all his disciples,

      225, 12: Cd. 127; Th. 161, 27; Gen. 2671: Elen. Kmbl. 305; El. 153.
  • Hét tósomne síne leóde

    summoned his people together,

      Cd. 197; Th. 245, 26; Dan. 469.
  • Maria héht hý óðre mid

    Mary bade another accompany her,

      Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 35; Hö. 10.
  • Ðá wæs tó ðam dóme Daniel háten

    then was Daniel summoned to the judgment,

      Cd. 201; Th. 249,19; Dan. 532.
to promise, vow
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  • Gif ðú hǽtsþ hǽðenfeoh

    if thou dost vow heathen offerings,

      Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 31; Jul. 53.
to call, name, give a name to
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  • Nolde hé nó ða rúmmódnesse hátan mildheortnes ac ryhtwísnes

    non hanc vocare misericordiam, sed justitiam maluit,

      Past. 45, 1; Swt. 337, 2: Cd. 106; Th. 140, 13; Gen. 2327.
  • Consul ðæt wé heretoha hátaþ

    consul we call heretoha,

      Bt. 1; Fox 2, 12.
  • Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas

    those deer they call rein-deer,

      Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 27: Cd. 80; Th. 99, 19; Gen. 1648.
  • And tú hine héte ðá flýman

    and then you declared him a fugitive,

      Chart. Th. 173, 6.
  • God hét ða fæstnisse heofenan

    vocavit Deus firmamentum cælum,

      Gen. 1, 8.
  • Hé hét his naman Adam

    he called his name Adam,

      5, 2: Cd. 124; Th. 158, 7; Gen. 2613: Beo. Th. 5605; B. 2806.
  • Rómáne hý tictatóres héton

    the Romans gave them the name of dictators,

      Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 42, 28.
  • Sum consul Boetius wæs háten

    a certain consul whose name was Boethius,

      Bt. 1; Fox 2, 13: Cd. 79; Th. 99, 13; Gen. 1645.
  • Is ðæt deór pandher bí noncan háten

    that beast is called by the name of panther,

      Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 17; Pa. 13.
  • Hí nemnaþ ða eá archoboleta dæt is háten ðæt miccle wæter

    archoboleta vocant quæ est aqua magna,

      Nar. 35, 21,
Etymology
[Laym. haten, heht. In Chaucer this verb and the next are confounded, thus highte = hátte; and hight is used for háten. Goth. haitan to name, call, bid, command: O. Sax. hétan: Icel. heita to call, name, promise, vow: O. Frs. héta: O. H. Ger. heizan, heizzan nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere: Ger. heissen.]
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v.  ge-hátan.
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