eldertongue

Old English · noun

æt

Part of speech
noun, masculine
IPA
/æːt/
Syllables
æːt (1 syllable)

æt1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. eating

æt2 · preposition

Senses

  1. 'at a certain place

    æt hām

    at home (with irregular apocope of dative -e)

  2. at a certain time

    æt fruman

    in the beginning, at first

  3. to, up to, as far as

  4. from, of

    Hwā is wīs? Sē þe leornaþ æt ǣlcum menn.

    Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.

  5. 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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