ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ

Proto-Norse

Photograph of the Trollhättan II bracteate.

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
    • Swedish: heta
  • Old Danish: hetæ
    • Danish: hedde, hede
      • Norwegian Bokmål: hete
  • Old Gutnish: haita