Old English · noun
ætwist
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈæt.wist/
- Syllables
- ˈæt · wist (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- beingpresencesubstance
Meaning
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being, substance, presence
gumena byþ glenġ and herenys, wraþu and wyrþsċype, and wræċna ġehwām ār and ætwist ðe byþ ōþra lēas.
Gift of the men is an honor and a praise, a help and a worship, and a grace and a being to any of wanderers who is bereft of the others.
c. 1000, The Rune Poem:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From æt- + wist (“being”).
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