halettan

Old English

Alternative forms

  • hǣlettan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hailattjan, *hailittjan, *hailuttjan, from Proto-Germanic *hailatjaną, *hailitjaną, *hailutjaną (verbal suffix). From hāl +‎ -ettan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑː.let.tɑn/, [ˈhɑː.let.tɑn]

Verb

hālettan

  1. to hail, salute, greet
    • Sum man hine hālette and grētte and hine be his naman nemde
      A certain man hailed and greeted him and called him by his name
    • Iohannes hālette on hie mycelre stefne
      John saluted her with a great voice

Usage notes

  • Objects or pronouns were often used with the preposition on.
  • This was never used as a greeting or invocation like modern English hail, for this wes hāl (wassail), bēo hāl or bēo gesund were used, and ēalā was also used for invocations.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hālettan (weak, class 1)
infinitive hālettan hālettenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular hālette hālette
second person singular hāletst hālettest
third person singular hālett, hālet hālette
plural hālettaþ hāletton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular hālette hālette
plural hāletten hāletten
imperative
singular hālete
plural hālettaþ
participle present past
hālettende (ġe)hāleted, (ġe)hālett, (ġe)hālet

Derived terms

  • hālettung
  • hālettend
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