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hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
Wright's OE grammar
§125; §133; §161; §240; §474; §511; §512;
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  • Háat meh gecuma tó ðé, Mt. L. 14, 28. I b. where there is no subject to the verb in the infinitive :-- Ðæt ðú dóa hátes ł héhtes

    quod tu fieri jubes,

      Mt. p. 1. 11.

  • For þǽm gylte hiene eft hétt his fæder ofsleán,

      Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 12.

  • Hé hiene hétt bebyrgean,

      128, 16.

  • Hát wyrcean stengas, Past. 169, 22. I c. with clause :-- ꝥ nǽngum cuoede gehéht ł hǽt

    ut nemini diceret imperat,

      Mk. p, 3, 20. I d. absolute :--
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  • He ꝥ cwæð hátende (jubendo) má þonne biddende, Gr. D. 250, 20. ¶ (in glosses) with dat. of person :-- Gástum unclǽnum hátas

    spiritibus immundis imperat,

      Mk. i. 27.

  • Windum hátteð, Lk. L. 8, 25. I e. verb of motion implied by a preposition :-- Hét (héht, v. l.) hé his lǽce tó him

    uocauit medicum,

      Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 581, 6.
to promise
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  • Ðá ðing ðe hé tó Gode hétt (Gode gehét,

    v. l.

    ),
      Past. 84, 17.

  • Éce héht

    aeterna promittit,

      Lk. p. 9, 17.
to call so and so.
where the complement is the proper name used in speaking of a person, people, or place
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  • Neáh þǽre byrig ðe mon nú hǽt Babilonia,

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

  • On þá sǽ þe mon hétt Euxinus,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 8, 21.

  • Hé wæs hátan (-en,

    v. l.

    )
      Agesilaus, 3, 1 ; S. 99, 29.

  • Craccus wæs hǽten (háten,

    v. l.

    ) án þára consula,
      5, 3 ; S. 222, 24.
where the complement is an official title
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  • Rómáne him gesetton ládteów þone de hié tictatores héton,

      Ors. 2, 4 ; S. 70, 2.
where the complement is a general term used technically
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  • Ðeófas wé hátaþ oð .vii. men; from .vii. hlóð oð .xxxv.; siþþan bið here,

      Ll. Th. I. 110. 13.
where the complement is the title of a book
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  • On þǽre béc þe wé hátað

    De Videndo Deo,

      Solil. H. 64, 25.
where the complement is a class or common noun
in the nominative
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  • Ðeós wyrt þe . . . sume men hennebelle hátað,

      Lch. i. 94, 6.

  • Þæt þú sóðfestnes hǽtst, þæt ys God,

      Solil. H. 52, 12.

  • Tó þám deórcynne þe mon hát tigris,

      Bt. 38, 1 ; F. 196. 1.

  • Þonne háte wé hine morgensteorra,

      39, 13 ; F. 234, 3.
in the accusative
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  • þone dæg and ðá niht þe wé hátað bissextum (

    for nominative see

      262, 7, ꝥ bissentus cume), Lch. iii. 246, 14.
where the complement is the name bestowed on an object hitherto unnamed
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  • God gecígde þá drígnesse eorþan and þǽra wætera gegaderunga hé hét sǽs

    vocavit Deus aridam terram congregationesque aquarum appellavit maria,

      Gen. 1. 10.
Where the complement is an abusive epithet
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  • Gif man mannan an óðres flette mánswara háteð, oþþe hine mid bismærwordum scandlíce gréte,

      Ll. Th. i. 32, 4.

  • Hine mon scyle on bismer hátan se ánscóda,

      Past. 45, 8. v. á-hátan, be-hátan, for-hátan, ge-hátan, on-hátan.
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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/51794.

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