Participles
| Present | hātende |
| Past | (ġe)hāten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | hāte |
| 2nd sing. | hǣtst |
| 3rd sing. | hǣtt; hǣt |
| 1st plur. | hātaþ |
| 2nd plur. | hātaþ |
| 3rd plur. | hātaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | hēt; hēht |
| 2nd sing. | hēte; hēhte |
| 3rd sing. | hēt; hēht |
| 1st plur. | hēton; hēhton |
| 2nd plur. | hēton; hēhton |
| 3rd plur. | hēton; hēhton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | hāte |
| 2nd sing. | hāte |
| 3rd sing. | hāte |
| 1st plur. | hāten |
| 2nd plur. | hāten |
| 3rd plur. | hāten |
Past
| 1st sing. | hēte; hēhte |
| 2nd sing. | hēte; hēhte |
| 3rd sing. | hēte; hēhte |
| 1st plur. | hēten; hēhten |
| 2nd plur. | hēten; hēhten |
| 3rd plur. | hēten; hēhten |
Verbs conjugated like 'hatan'
hatan,
Verbs similar to 'hatan'
ahatan,
hætan,
hatian,
acan,
agan,
alan,
bacan,
bætan,
batian,
beatan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *haitan (“to command, name”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Old Frisian hēta, Old Saxon hētan, Old High German heizzan, Old Norse heita (Swedish heta), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κίειν (kíein, “put in motion”), Latin ciēre (“rouse, make active”) and Albanian cys (“to spur, set in motion”). See: Old High German 'heizzan', Old Norse '
heita', Swedish '
heta'.
Sample Sentences
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c. 897, inscription on the Alfred Jewel
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Ælfrēd mec hēht ġewyrċan. (Alfred ordered me to be made.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
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Hāt cuman tō mē þone cristenan mann... (Tell the Christian man to come to me,...)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
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...and hēt hine warnian, ġif hē wolde libban, þæt hē nǣre on ðām mynstre nǣfre eft ġesewen... (...and gave orders to warn him, if he wished to live, that he should never be seen in the monastery again...)
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c. 970, Exeter Riddle 16 (Guess what I am called)
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c. 900, Nine Herbs Charm
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Una þū hāttest yldost wyrta
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Una you are called the eldest of the herbs
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Þis is sēo wyrt ðe wergulu hātte (This is the herb which is called wergulu)
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c. 890, King Alfred's Translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
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On ðǣm bōcum ðe hātton Apocalypsin (In the books called Apocalypse)
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c. 900, The Old English Boethius
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Sum consul Boētius wæs hāten (A certain consul who was called Boethius)
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c. 980', Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni
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Sēo heofen ⁊ sǣ ⁊ eorðe sind ġehātene middanġeard (The sky and sea and ground are called the Earth)