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hæteru

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hatiʀu, originally the fossilised plural of a z-stem noun; related to Middle High German hāȥ, hæȥ, hæȥe (“garment, clothing”),[1] from Proto-West Germanic *hāt (“garment, clothing”) +‎ -ru.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxæ.te.ru/, [ˈhæ.te.ru]

Noun

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hæteru n pl

  1. clothing[2]

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative — hæteru
accusative — hæteru
genitive — hætera
dative — hæterum

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ “hatter, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2017.
  2. ^ Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hæteru”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le Free access subject to limited trial; subscription normally required⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.
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