heita VIIa “call”

“be called; promise”

frequent

transitive (acc/dat: differs by sense)/intransitive

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek heit(i) 1pl vér heitum 1sg ek heita 1pl vér heitim
2sg þú heit(i)r 2pl þér heitið 2sg þú heitir 2pl þér heitið
3sg hon heit(i)r 3pl þau heita 3sg hon heiti 3pl þau heiti
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek hét 1pl vér hétum 1sg ek héta 1pl vér hétim
2sg þú hézt 2pl þér hétuð 2sg þú hétir 2pl þér hétið
3sg hon hét 3pl þau hétu 3sg hon héti 3pl þau héti
preterite infinitive hétu
past participle f. heitin m. heitinn n. heitit
imperative 2sg heit 1pl heitum 2pl heitið
middle voice: heitask “be called; be engaged”
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek heitumk 1pl vér heitumk 1sg ek heitumk 1pl vér heitimk
2sg þú heizk 2pl þér heitizk 2sg þú heitisk 2pl þér heitizk
3sg hon heizk 3pl þau heitask 3sg hon heitisk 3pl þau heitisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek hétumk 1pl vér hétumk 1sg ek hétumk 1pl vér hétimk
2sg þú hézk 2pl þér hétuzk 2sg þú hétisk 2pl þér hétizk
3sg hon hézk 3pl þau hétusk 3sg hon hétisk 3pl þau hétisk
past participle n. heitizk
imperative 2sg heizk 1pl heitumk 2pl heitizk

PG *haitaną, OE hātan VIIa, ME hōten, eMnE hight, partly weak Dutch heten, German heißen. In the sense “be called,” the present indicative conjugates like that of a class 3 or long-stemmed class 1 weak verb: heiti, heitir. The form ek heiti is considered a relic of an IE passive or middle voice. The present subjunctive, plural indicative, and imperative forms coincide with those of heita 1 “heat; brew.”

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