Old English · adverb
æt niehstan
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /æt ˈni͜yːx.stɑn/
- Syllables
- æt · ˈni͜yːx · stɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- finally
Meaning
-
at last, finally, in the end
Ðā æt nēxtan, þā se tīma cōm þe God foresċēawode, þā āsende hē his enġel Gabrihel tō ānum mǣdene of þām cynne, sēo wæs Marīa ġehāten.
Then at last, when the time came that God had foreseen, he sent his angel Gabriel to a maiden of that race, who was called Mary."
c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Beginning of Creation"
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