eldertongue

Old English · adverb

þæt an

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/θæt ɑːn/
Syllables
θæt · ɑːn (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. only

    ...ac hī ǣfre bēoð ymbe þæt ān, hū hi magon Gode ġehȳrsumian, and him ġecwēman.

    ...but they are ever meditating only how they may obey God and be acceptable to him.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Beginning of Creation"

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