Abaev Dictionary: entry <hi rendition="#rend_italic">xætæn</hi>

Translated from Russian in 2020 by Oleg Belyaev (ed.), Irina Khomchenkova, Julia Sinitsyna and Vadim Dyachkov.

 Абаев, Василий Иванович. Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка. Т. I. A–Kʼ. М.–Л.: Наука, 1958. С. ??–??. font-variant: italic; font-variant: small-caps; quotes: "‘" "’"; quotes: "«" "»";
xætæn
places where the heroes of the epic go on a campaign for prey prey hunt prowling ; cf. , Terk-Turḱy bæstæmæ xætæn the country of Terk-Turks is the place of my campaigns 106 Nartæ īw abonæj īnnæ abonmæ fæcag˳yrdtoj Sozyryqojy jæ cwany cæwænty ʽmæ jæ xætænty For a whole week (from one today to another today), Narts were looking for Sozryko on his hunting trails and in the places where he prowled for prey 49 Cæraj jæ fæstag balcy, kæmdær, Qobany dær wyd Tægiatæm, ūdonīmæ xætænty fæxatt It turned out that on his last trip, Tsaray was looking for prey in Koban from the Tagaurians, with them he made campaigns 140 Nartæ cydysty xætæny Narts made campaigns for prey I 42 Borætæ xætæny cæwyn fænd yskodtoj Boraevs decided to go for prey I 52 From xætyn roam etc. using the formant -æn ( § 170I 2).