hæteru

Old English

Alternative forms

hætera, hætere
hæteran (late)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hatiʀu, originally the fossilised plural of a z-stem noun; related to Middle High German hāȥ, hæȥ, hæȥe (“garment, clothing”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxæ.te.ru/, [ˈhæ.te.ru]

Noun

hæteru n pl

clothing[2]

Declension

Declension of hæteru (strong-a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	—	hæteru
accusative	—	hæteru
genitive	—	hætera
dative	—	hæterum

Descendants

⇒ Middle English: hater, hatere, hatir, hatter, hattir, hatyr, heater, hetter

References

“hatter, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2017.
Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hæteru”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, OCLC 213811593.

[1] “hatter, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2017.

[2] Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hæteru”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, OCLC 213811593.