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Old English · pronoun

awiht

Normalised āwiht

Part of speech
pronoun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈɑːˌwixt/
[ˈɑːˌwiçt]
Syllables
ˈɑː · ˌwixt (2 syllables)
Modern English
owtanythingat allaughtought

awiht1 · adverb

Senses

  1. at all

    Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

    If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

awiht2 · pronoun · neuter

Senses

  1. anything, something

    “Mīn fæder, mōt iċ þē āwihtes āscian?” Cwæþ hē, “Āsca þæs þe þū wille.”

    “My father, can I ask you something?” He said, “Ask whatever you want.”

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History:

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of awiht
Singular
Nominative āwiht
Accusative āwiht
Genitive āwihtes
Dative āwihte

All forms (3)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiwwiht. Equivalent to ā + wiht.

Descendants

aught, ought, owt

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