Old English · noun
æt
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /æːt/
- Syllables
- æːt (1 syllable)
æt1 · noun · masculine
Senses
eating
æt2 · preposition
Senses
'at a certain place
æt hām
at home (with irregular apocope of dative -e)
at a certain time
æt fruman
in the beginning, at first
to, up to, as far as
from, of
Hwā is wīs? Sē þe leornaþ æt ǣlcum menn.
Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.
with, for, at, to, against
Swā cwæð snottor on mōde, · ġesæt him sundor æt rūne.
So said the wise in mind, sat alone with speech to himself.
10th century, The Wanderer:
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ētą. Related to etan.
From Proto-Germanic *at.
Descendants
eat, at
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