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hátan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
hátan, pres. and p. hátte, pl. hátton
Wright's OE grammar
§125; §133; §161; §240; §474; §511; §512;
To be called or named, have for a name
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  • Cwæþ ðæt se héhsta hátan sceolde Satan siððan

    said that the highest should be called Satan afterwards,

      Cd. 18; Th. 22, 22; Gen. 344.
  • Án eá of ðám hátte Fison

    one river of them is called Pison,

      Gen. 2, 11.
  • Saga hwæt ic hátte

    say what I am called,

      Exon. 106 b ; Th. 406, 13; Rä. 24, 16.
  • Hú ne hátte hys módor Maria

    nonne mater ejus dicitur Maria?

      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 55.
  • Ðe swá hátte

    that was thus called,

      Cd. 180; Th. 226, 17: Dan. 172: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 105; Met. 1, 53.
  • On ðǽm bócum ðe hátton Apocalypsin

    in the books called the Apocalypse,

      Past. 58; Swt. 445, 35: Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 42, 34.
Etymology
[Goth. haitada I am called: Icel. heita, ek heiti: O. H. Ger. heizan, Grff. iv. 1077: Ger. heissen.]
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