ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ

Proto-Norse

Alternative forms

  • ᚺᛁᛏᛖ (hite)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haitai, first-person singular present passive indicative of *haitaną.

Verb

ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ (haite /haitē/) (first-person singular present passive indicative)

  1. I am called
    • 400s-500s, inscription on the Trollhättan II bracteate (IK 639)[1]
      ᛖ[ᚴ]ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ ᛫ ᛗᚨᚱᛁᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ ᛫ ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏᚨᛚᚨᚦᛟ ᛫᛫
      e[k]erilaʀ · mariþeubaʀhaite · wraitalaþo ··
      /ek erilaʀ Mariþeubaʀ haitē. wraita laþō./
      I, the earl, am called Sea/Glory-thief. I wrote an invitation.

Conjugation

  • (first-person singular present passive indicative) — ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ (haite /⁠haitē⁠/) [3rd–5th c.]
  • (past participle) — ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ (haitinaʀ) [3rd–5th c.]

Descendants

  • Old Norse: heita
    • Icelandic: heita
    • Faroese: eita, heita
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: heita
    • Old Swedish: hēta
    • Old Danish: hetæ
    • Old Gutnish: haita
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