, _when we
promised
our lord that_.
Beowulf
hātan Bīowulfes biorh, _that mariners may call it Bēowulf's grave-mound_,
2807; pret. part. wæs se grimma gæst Grendel hāten, 102; so, 263, 373,
2603.
ge-hātan, _to promise, to give one's word, to vow, to threaten_: pres. sg.
I. ic hit þē gehāte, 1393; so, 1672; pret. sg. hē mē mēde gehēt, _promised
me reward_, 2135; him fægre gehēt lēana (gen. pl. ), _promised them proper
reward_, 2990; wēan oft gehēt earmre teohhe, _with woe often threatened the
unhappy band_, 2938; pret. pl. gehēton æt hærgtrafum wīg-weorðunga, _vowed
offerings at the shrines of the gods_, 175; þonne wē gehēton ūssum hlāforde
þæt . . .
, _when we promised our lord that_. . . , 2635; pret. part. sīo gehāten
[wæs] . . . gladum suna Frōdan, _betrothed to the glad son of Froda_, 2025.
hātor, st. m. n. , _heat_: in comp. and-hātor.
hæft, adj. , _held, bound, fettered_: nom.
