æht

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aihtiz. Cognate with Old High German ēht; related to āgan (“to own”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æːxt/

Noun

ǣht f

Declension

Declension of æht (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣht	ǣhte, ǣhta
accusative	ǣht, ǣhte	ǣhte, ǣhta
genitive	ǣhte	ǣhta
dative	ǣhte	ǣhtum

Derived terms

cwicæht (“livestock”)

Descendants

Middle English: aught, ought
- English: aught, ought
- Scots: aucht

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǽht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǽht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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