heht

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hehait (“called”), reduplicated preterite of Proto-Germanic *haitaną (“to be called, name, command”).

Verb

hēht

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of hātan

Descendants

  • Middle English: hiȝt, hight, hicht
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