Old English · noun
gat
Normalised gāt
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong consonant stem
- IPA
- /ɡɑːt/
- Syllables
- ɡɑːt (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- goat
gat1 · noun · feminine
Senses
-
goat
Iċ eom wunderliċu wiht, wrǣsne mīne stefne, hwīlum beorce swā hund, hwīlum blǣte swā gāt, hwīlum grǣde swā gōs, hwīlum ġielle swā hafoc,…
I am a wonderful thing, change my voice, sometimes bark like a hound, sometimes bleat like a goat, sometimes cry like a goose, sometimes yell like a hawk,…
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24:
Declension · strong consonant stem
gat2 · noun · neuter · alternative form
Senses
-
alternative form of ġeat
Declension · strong a-stem
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaits. Cognate with Old Frisian *gāt, Old Saxon gēt, Old Dutch *geit, Old High German geiȥ, Old Norse geit, Gothic (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”).
Descendants
goat
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