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Old English · noun

oht

Normalised ōht

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/oːxt/
Syllables
oːxt (1 syllable)
Modern English
chasepursuitpersecution

Meaning

  1. chase or pursuit

  2. persecution

  3. fear, terror

Declension

Declension of oht
SingularPlural
Nominative ōhtōhtaōhte
Accusative ōhteōhtaōhte
Genitive ōhteōhta
Dative ōhteōhtum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ą̄htu (“persecution, fate, destiny, fear”).

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