ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ

Proto-Norse

Photograph of the Trollhättan II bracteate.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haitai, 1st singular passive indicative of *haitaną.

Verb

ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ (haite /haitē/) (1st singular passive)

I am called
- 400s-500s, inscription on the Trollhättan II bracteate (IK 639)
  ᛖ[ᚴ]ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ ᛫ ᛗᚨᚱᛁᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ ᛫ ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏᚨᛚᚨᚦᛟ ᛫
  e[k]erilaʀ ᛫ mariþeubaʀhaite ᛫ wraitalaþo ᛫
  ek erilaʀ, Mariþeubaʀ haitē, wraita laþō
  I, the Erilaz, [who] am called sea/glory-thief, wrote an invitation.

Related terms

ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ (haitinaʀ) (past participle)

Descendants

Old Norse: heita, hæita; haita
- 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

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