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Old English · pronoun

owiht

Normalised ōwiht

Part of speech
pronoun
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈoː.wixt/
[ˈoː.wiçt]
Syllables
ˈoː · wixt (2 syllables)
Modern English
aught

Meaning

  1. aught, anything

    Ne biþ him tō hearpan hyġe, ne tō hringþege, ne tō wīfe wyn, ne tō worulde hyht, ne ymbe ōwiht elles, nefne ymb ȳða ġewealc, ac ā hafað longunge sē þe on lagu fundað.

    His mind is not for a harp, nor for a gift of ring, nor for a wife’s mirth, nor for world’s hope, nor about anything else, unless about the rolling of waves, but he always has a longing, the one who rushes onto the sea.

    10th century, The Seafarer:

Declension

Declension of owiht
Singular
Nominative ōwiht
Accusative ōwiht
Genitive ōwihtes
Dative ōwihte

All forms (3)

Etymology

Variant of āwiht

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