forhatan

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to for- +‎ hātan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈxɑː.tɑn/, [forˈhɑː.tɑn]

Verb

forhātan

1. to promise or vow not to do
2. to renounce, forswear
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Ne lyst mē nāwiht ðāra metta þe ic forhātan habbe, ac mē lyst ðāra þe ic getiohhod habbe tō ætanne, ðonne ic hī gesēo.

     I desire none of those meats which I have renounced; I desire those which I have thought right to eat, when I see them.

3. to declare criminal, outlaw, forbid

Conjugation

Conjugation of forhātan (strong class 7)

infinitive	forhātan	forhātenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	forhāte	forhēt, forhēht
second person singular	forhǣtst	forhēte, forhēhte
third person singular	forhǣtt, forhǣt	forhēt, forhēht
plural	forhātaþ	forhēton, forhēhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	forhāte	forhēte, forhēhte
plural	forhāten	forhēten, forhēhten
imperative
singular	forhāt
plural	forhātaþ
participle	present	past
	forhātende	forhāten

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “FORHĀTAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “FORHĀTAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.