heht

Old English

Alternative forms

hēt

Etymology

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

Verb

hēht

first- and third-person singular preterite of hātan

Descendants

Middle English: hiȝt, hight, hicht
- English: hight

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