fæt

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /fæt/
Syllables: fæt (1 syllable)
Modern English: container jar plate vat thin golden

fæt1 · noun · masculine

Senses

a thin plate
golden ornament

Sceal se hearda helm, hyrsted golde, fætum, befeallen

the hard helmet, adorned with gold, with ornaments, shall be fallen off
The Anglo-Saxon poems of Beowulf

fæt2 · noun · neuter

Senses

container, vessel; especially a box, jar or cup

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of fæt
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fæt	fatu
Accusative	fæt	fatu
Genitive	fætes	fata
Dative	fæte	fatum

Etymology

Bosworth-Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary has this entry but does not provide an etymology. This word is also found in compounds such as fætgold (in Bosworth-Toller) and fætedsinc (in Bosworth-Toller). Altenglisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch has geschlagenes Metall, Goldschmuck ("beaten metal, golden ornament") as the definition for the word fǣt with a long æ instead. It etymologically associates this word with Old English fǣtan ("to forge, beat or work metal").

From Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Descendants

fat, vat

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