PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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Probably not historically, but the surviving forms are easy to merge. Orel assigns hettan to *xatjanan and hatian to a separate *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan formation; Clark Hall nevertheless sends hettende to hatian, and Bosworth–Toller cross-refers hettan to hatian.
/ˈhet.tɑn/ · Old English weak-verb lemma
An Old English weak-verb lemma supported by a strikingly narrow surface record. A full-corpus lemmatisation inventory lists only hettende under hettan; Bosworth–Toller redirects the bare headword to hettend, “enemy,” while Orel compares the verb with Gothic hatjan and Middle High German hetzen. Clark Hall instead assigns hettende to hatian. The dossier therefore separates the comparative verb, the recorded enemy word, and the unresolved lemma assignment.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Separates the two Germanic verb formations and their Old English reflexes.
p. 203, separate *xatjanan and *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan entriesMerges the relevant surface form under hatian.
hettende, present participle of hatianRecords the historical dictionary’s cross-reference rather than a full independent paradigm.
HETTAN: cf. hatian, and see next wordThe reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.