hatan

See also: hatán, hátán, and hat an

Gothic

Romanization

hatan

Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽

Hungarian

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Etymology

hat +‎ -an (adverb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhɒtɒn]
Hyphenation: ha‧tan
Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

hatan (not comparable)

the six of us/you/them
Hatan vagyunk a csoportban. ― There are six of us in the group. (literally, “We are of six…”)

Az osztályunkban hatan vannak vegetáriánusok. ― There are six [of the] vegetarians in our class.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haitan (“to command, name”).

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian hēta, Old Saxon hētan, Old High German heizzan, Old Norse heita (Swedish heta), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κίειν (kíein, “put in motion”), Latin ciēre (“rouse, make active”) and Albanian cys (“to spur, set in motion”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑː.tɑn/, [ˈhɑː.tɑn]

Verb

hātan

to call, name
to order, command
- c. 897, inscription on the Alfred Jewel
  Ælfrēd mec hēht ġewyrċan.
  Alfred ordered me made.
to promise
(passive voice) to be called
- c. 970, Exeter Riddle 16
  Friġe hwæt iċ hātte
  Find out what I am called
- c. 900, Nine Herbs Charm
  Una þū hāttest yldost wyrta
  Una you are called eldest of herbs
  
  Þis is sēo wyrt ðe wergulu hātte
  This is the herb which is called wergulu
- c. 890, King Alfred's Translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
  On ðǣm bōcum ðe hātton Apocalypsin
  In the books called the Apocalypse
- c. 900, The Old English Boethius
  Sum consul Boētius wæs hāten
  A certain consul who was called Boethius
- c. 980', Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni
  Seo heofen & sǣ & eorðe sind ġehātene middanġeard
  The sky and sea and ground are called the Earth

Usage notes

Uniquely among Old English verbs, in sense 4 hātan retains forms of the Proto-Germanic synthetic passive, functioning like German heißen, with which it is cognate. These are attested in the present singular as hātte for the first and third person, hāttest for the second person, and in the present plural as hātton. For the past tense, the usual strategies for expressing the passive were used: iċ wæs ġehāten, etc. The usual analytic passive is also attested for the present tense, and in some cases appears to be preferred.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

behātan (“to promise”)
forhātan (“to renounce”)
onhātan (“to promise”)
āhātan (“to call, name”)
ġehātan (“to promise”)

Related terms

andettan (“to confess, acknowledge”)
behǣs (“a self behest, a self command”)
behāt (“a promise, oath”)
behātland (“the promised land”)
forhātena (“an ill-named person, scoundrel”)
hǣs (“a command, hest, or behest”)
hāt (“a promise, oath”)
hāte (“a bidding, calling, invitation”)
nīedhǣs (“a command under compulsion”)
wīnhāte (“a feast, party”)
ġehāt (“a promise, oath”)
ġehātland (“the promised land”)

Descendants

Middle English: hoten, hoaten, haten
- English: hote, hight
- Scots: hate, hait

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hatan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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