æt

See also: æt-, æt., Appendix:Variations of "at", and Appendix:Variations of "et"

Faroese

Alternative forms

Verb

æt

  1. first/second/third-person singular past of eita

Conjugation


Icelandic

Adjective

æt

  1. feminine singular indefinite nominative of ætur (edible)
  2. neuter plural indefinite nominative/accusative of ætur (edible)

Verb

æt

  1. second-person singular active imperative of æta

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ētaz. Related to etan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æːt/

Noun

ǣt m

  1. eating

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *at

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æt/

Preposition

æt

  1. (+dative) at a certain place
    æt hām
    at home (with irregular apocope of dative -e)
  2. (+dative) at a certain time
    æt fruman
    in the beginning, at first
    æt þām ȳtemestan dæġe
    at the last day
  3. (+accusative, rarely) to, up to, as far as
  4. (+dative) from
    Æt ǣlcum be his mæġene, tō ǣlcum be his nīede.
    From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
    Hwā is wīs? Sē þe leornaþ æt ǣlcum menn.
    Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.
    • 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
      Māre selþ se þearfa þām rīċan þanne hē æt him nime.
      The poor man gives more to the rich man than he takes from him.
    • 9th century, The Blickling Homilies, "Ascension Thursday"
      Hīe ġehīerdon his lāre and his word æt his selfes mūðe.
      They heard his teachings and his words from his own mouth.
Descendants
  • Middle English: æt
    • English: at

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ætt, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.

Noun

æt f

  1. family, kin, bloodline

Declension

Descendants

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