hat- (2) vb. "break asunder", pa.t. hantë (SKAT). Compare ascat-, terhat-. It may be that Tolkien eventually restored the verb hat- "fling" occurring in early material (see above), leaving the conceptual status of hat- "break asunder" uncertain (for "break", late material has rac-).
Quenya
hat-
fling
hat-
break asunder
ascat-
break asunder
#ascat- vb. "break asunder", only attested in the past tense: ascantë (SD:310)
hat-
verb. [ᴱQ.] to hurl, fling, *throw
Derivations
- ᴹ√KHAT “hurl, cast, send through air, loose from hand”
Element in
hat- (1) vb. "fling" (cited as hatin "I fling", first person sg. aorist), pa.t. hantë (QL:39). The apparently related noun hatal "spear" occurring in late material (VT49:14) suggests that Tolkien eventually decided to maintain hat- "fling", though in the meantime, a distinct verb hat- "break asunder" had occurred in his writings.