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
-
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
-
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
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aiwwiht. Equivalent to ā + wiht.
Descendants
aught, ought, owt
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