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No. Bosworth–Toller lists eleven derived first elements ending in -hete; Clark Hall separately records hetenīþ, heterūn, hetesprǣc, hetesweng, and heteðanc.
/ˈhe.te/ · Old English masculine noun
An attested Old English noun for hate, enmity, malice, spite, hostility, and persecution, productive in compounds and securely aligned with the Germanic hate family; whether Middle English hate directly continues it remains disputed, and the proposed deeper Indo-European route remains semantically opaque.
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Independently records multiple hete compounds and derivatives.
Lines 2970–2989Lists bil-, cumbol-, ecg-, leód-, mód-, morþor-, níþ-, scyld-, teón-, wǽpen-, and wíg-hete.
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