hæte

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haitį̄, related to Old Frisian hēte, Old Saxon hēt, Old Norse hiti (Danish hede), Old High German hizzea or hizza (German Hitze). Cognate to Albanian ethe (“shiver, fiever”), dialectal hethe, and ith (“warmth, body heat”), dialectal hith.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhæː.te/

Noun

hǣte f (nominative plural hǣtan)

  1. heat

Inflection
Declension of hæte (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hǣte hǣtan
accusative hǣtan hǣtan
genitive hǣtan hǣtena
dative hǣtan hǣtum

Synonyms
  • hǣtu

Descendants
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